TBILISI, DFWatch–LGBT activists on Thursday marked Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDoR) in Tbilisi.
The demonstration took place at the House of Justice to protest against the fact that transgender people aren’t allowed to register their true gender in ID cards.
TBILISI, DFWatch–Students at a Muslim school demonstrated outside the government house in Batumi a few days ago, demanding that the the Kobuleti Boarding School issue be solved soon.
Also university students joined the rally. They claim that the local government
DUISI. DFWatch–Centuries-old mountain traditions and customs still regulate daily life in Pankisi, a valley in the northeast of Georgia populated by Kists and Chechens. Now the old ways are challenged by a new women’s council.
Traditionally, the highest decision
TBILISI, DFWatch–A street fight with ethnic overtones in eastern Georgia on Sunday led to people being hospitalized and several people were detained.
The scuffle took place in the town Akhmeta, between local Georgians and Kist, who are a subgroup of Chechens
TBILISI, DFWatch–An archbishop in Georgia claims the disputed building in Mokhe was formerly a church, and that allowing it to be used by Muslims is unacceptable.
The conflict in the village Mokhe near Adigeni started last week when workers came to start dismantling
TBILISI, DFWatch–Politicians Thursday began making sense of the conflict in Mokhe the day before, while local Muslims spent the whole night at the police station where people are being held who were detained.
The scuffle began as Muslims tried to stop the
TBILISI, DFWatch–Conflict continued Wednesday in the small Georgian village Mokhe, as an old mosque was dismantled from morning.
Muslims tried to protest, but the Orthodox Christians opposed them and there came to a scuffle, during which 14 people were detained.
TBILISI, DFWatch–Muslims in south Georgia are planning to start a petition to dismiss the country’s mufti, who they claim is illegitimate and gave them false promises.
A few days ago, there was a conflict in the village Mokhe, where an old mosque is going
TBILISI, DFWatch–Muslims in Mokhe, a village in the south of Georgia, protested on Saturday, because they don’t want to give up an old mosque and turn it into a culture center.
The Orthodox population rallied against them demanding to construct a new culture center
TBILISI, DFWatch–The police on Thursday arrested two youngsters for suspicion of vandalizing a church just during a religious holiday.
The detainees are two teens of 17 and 15 years old. The latter has a prior conviction.
While searching the homes of the suspects,