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Three cases of homophobic violence reported last month

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Three cases of homophobic violence reported last month

By DFWatch staff| 2016-05-04T10:57:25+04:00 May 3rd, 2016|Categories: Minorities|Tags: attack, Georgia, homophobia|

Jemal Beridze (Facebook) TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian media reported about three cases of homophobic violence which took place last month in Tbilisi. The Facebook user, Jemal Beridze wrote on 23 April that he was assaulted by three unknown attackers for wearing an earring. […]

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61 more villages abandoned in Georgia in 12 years: Census

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61 more villages abandoned in Georgia in 12 years: Census

By DFWatch staff| 2016-05-04T08:58:03+04:00 May 3rd, 2016|Categories: News|Tags: abandoned village, census, deserted village, Georgia|

TBILISI, DFWatch–There are 223 deserted villages in Georgia, according to the census conducted in 2014 and published last week by the National Statistics Office (GeoStat). In 2002, when the previous census was conducted, […]