TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian Azerbaijani activists marked the anniversary of the Khojaly tragedy and called for its recognition as a genocide.
On 25 February, a conference on the Khojaly (Xocalı) genocide was held in Tbilisi. The event was organised
Minorities
Georgia’s Vainakh community commemorates victims of Stalin’s deportations
Tbilisi, DFWatch – Kist, Chechen, Ingush activists and Georgian sympathisers commemorated victims of 1944 deportations with screening of a Chechen film depicting details of the tragedy.
Protesters succeed in preventing LGBT conference at TSU
TBILISI, DFWatch–A conference about sexual minorities had to be moved to another location after Tbilisi State University (TSU) refused to let it be held on February 22 following protests by extreme traditionalists.
The protest was staged by a group which has often
Neighbours Struggle to Deal with Religious Tension in Tbilisi’s Muslim Settlement
Soghanlughi, DFWatch – Global Shia–Sunni conflict found its way into a small Azerbaijani community on the outskirts of Tbilisi.What started as a local tension in the predominantly Muslim settlement of Soghanlughi (Soğanlıq in Azerbaijani), which is a part of Ponichala district in the southeast of Tbilisi, escalated into a conflict informed by events in the Middle East, proving increasingly divisive for the community.
Transgender-themed film screening commemorates activist’s death
Tbilisi, DFWatch – Film starring late transgender activist Bianka Shigurova is a powerful social commentary on transphobia in Georgia.
Short film The Gospel of Anasyrma was screened yesterday in headquarters of
Georgia ranked 23rdin Europe for LGBT rights legislation
TBILISI, DFWatch–Rainbow Europe’s LGBTI rights ranking praises positive developments in Georgia despite major setbacks.
Georgia was placed in the middle of a ranking of European countries which assessed each country’s legislation regarding
Two mosques given heritage protection in southern Georgia
ADIGENI, DFWatch–Two mosques in the south of Georgia were Monday granted cultural heritage status.
We went to the Samtskhe-Javakheti region to see how religious minorities are living there.
One of the mosques designated as cultural heritage lies in the middle of the village Adigeni.
LGBT organisations distance themselves from same-sex marriage initiative
Tbilisi, DFWatch – LGBT rights organisations condemn Giorgi Tatishvili’s initiative for same-sex marriages as a provocation and accuse pro-Russian political and radical religious forces of interference.
On 27 January, Giorgi Tatishvili, an activist
Kist man claims ethnically motivated assault by Akhmeta police
Tbilisi, DFWatch – 24-years-old Aslan Tsutsashvili from Pankisi valley accuses Akhmeta police of physical assault on ethnic grounds.
The incident allegedly
Muslims in Batumi present 12,000 signatures in support of new mosque
BATUMI, DFWatch–Muslims gathered at the Orta Jame mosque in Batumi on Thursday and presented over 12,000 signatures in support of constructing a new mosque.
Orta Jame is the only mosque in Batumi, Georgia’s second largest city, and it has been overcrowded