Category: Minorities - Page 13

One Caucasus Festival kicks off near Marneuli

August 28, 2015 by DFW-admin

Tserakvi, DFWatch – Festival brings south Georgia’s multi-ethnic community together with visitors from Armenia and Azerbaijan for music, art, sport, and activism. One Caucasus Festival kicked off yesterday in Tserakvi in Marneuli district, turning the tiny village into a lively melting pot of local and international guests. The festival will last for three days. While … Read more

Youth of multiple ethnic backgrounds join forces for One Caucasus Festival

August 27, 2015 by DFW-admin

Tbilisi, DFWatch – Ethnic Armenian, Azerbaijani, and Georgian activists from Marneuli district take part in preparations for the One Caucasus Festival to be held on 27–29 August in the village of Tserakvi.

Combating transphobia through grassroots activism

August 17, 2015 by DFW-admin

2015-07-31 21.41.13 (Kopiowanie) — Poster from ‘Anonymous’ exhibition organised by Eteri Chkadua in collaboration with Identoba and Europe House as displayed in Identoba’s office. (DF Watch)

TBILISI, DFWatch–While transphobia remains a societal and legal issue in Georgia, NGO activists try to raise awareness of the problem and exercise pressure on the authorities.

As some in Georgia are still

Petition calls for tougher punishment in transgender murder case

August 15, 2015 by DFWatch staff

transgender_day_of_remembrance_2014 — (DFWatch.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Groups in Georgia on Friday launched a petition demanding to punish the person who was recently acquitted of murdering a transgender woman in Tbilisi on the grounds that he was acting in self-defense.

The organization Women’s

Court rules murderer of transgender woman acted in self-defense

August 8, 2015 by DFWatch staff

TBILISI, DFWatch–Tbilisi City Court on Friday unexpectedly acquitted a man of premeditated murder and sentenced him instead to four years in prison for beating another victim the same evening.

Levan Kochlashvili was on trial for having physically

Georgia’s Yazidis honour the victims of the Sinjar Massacre

August 4, 2015 by DFWatch staff

11800493_953083641378793_895702173247523040_n — Yezidis of Georgia fathered in a temple in Tbilisi (Facebook)

Georgia’s Yazidi community marked the first anniversary of the Sinjar massacre and prayed for peace in the Yazidi temple in Tbilisi.

Georgia’s Yazidi community gathered on 3 August in the Yazidi temple in the Varketili

Akhalkalaki media: Tbilisi should not fear Armenian separatism

July 24, 2015 by DFW-admin

Tbilisi, DFWatch – Georgia should not fear separatism in Samtskhe-Javakheti, writes jnews, an Akhalkalaki-based news website.

In a meeting, organized by the Go Group Media back in June, journalists

LGBT rights activist assaulted allegedly for his appearance

July 18, 2015 by DFWatch staff

10438527_10204561132129060_1952523753449920137_n — Levan Berianidze (Facebook)

Tbilisi, DFWatch – Interior Ministry launched criminal investigation into physical attack on employee of the NGO working in the field of protecting rights of sexual minorities in Georgia.

Levan Berianidze, of NGO Identoba,

ECHR ruling is vital for all minority movements in Georgia

July 14, 2015 by DFWatch staff

Tbilisi, DFWatch – The European Court of Human Rights ruling in the case Identoba and others vs Georgia can be considered a landmark decision, as it stated that hate crimes, committed against individuals based on their sexual orientation is a violation of the European Convention on Human rights.

LGBT* community in Georgia has bigger concerns than same sex marriages

July 5, 2015 by DFW-admin

Invisible Protest for May 17, 2014, Tbilisi, Georgia (DFWatch)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Same sex marriage legislation in the U.S. is a landmark decision, but LGBT* people in Georgia have bigger problems than not being allowed to get married.

On June 26, the U.S. Supreme Court legalised same-sex marriages country wide