TBILISI, DFWatch–The arrival of Christmas was observed Saturday night at several churches in Georgia with Midnight Mass at the Catholic Assumption of the Virgin Mary Church in Tbilisi and in the Protestant Holy Trinity Church in Batumi.
The ceremony in Batumi
ADIGENI, DFWatch–A dispute about the ruins of a mosque in the village Mokhe in the south of Georgia has deteriorated further after Christians began conducting prayer on the site.
Muslims began holding Friday prayers on the ruins two months ago and did not stop
TBILISI, DFWatch–Muslims in Mokhe in southern Georgia do not accept a compromise suggested by a government commission and continue to pray on the ruins of a mosque in the village.
Local Muslims and Orthodox Christians have disagreed for two years
TBILISI, DFWatch–A transgender woman was attacked in Tbilisi on November 25. The attack happened late at night on Tamar Mepe Avenue.
The target of the attack, Nata, had her nose broken and suffered other facial injuries. She left the hospital on Saturday.
TBILISI, DFWatch–A transgender woman who was attacked and severely injured on October 14 died at the hospital Tuesday night.
The lawyer for the Women’ Initiative Supportive Group informed journalists that Zizi (32) had passed away.
The attacker cut her throat
TBILISI, DFWatch–The International Transgender Day of Remembrance was observed in two cities in Georgia on Sunday.
In Kutaisi and Tbilisi, small gatherings commemorated transgender people who have been murdered as a result of transphobia.
TBILISI, DFWatch–Friends and activists gathered Thursday to remember the transgender woman Sabi Beriani, who was brutally murdered in Tbilisi two years ago.
November 10 has become a national day of remembrance for transgender victims of violence,
TBILISI, DFWatch–A commission tasked with settling a dispute between Christians and Muslims over the ruins of a mosque in the south of Georgia delivered its recommendations on Thursday, but it is uncertain if this will help solve the two year old conflict.
TBILISI, DFWatch–Muslims in the village Mokhe in the south of Georgia on Thursday conducted a prayer on the ruins of a mosque which the local government in 2014 declared that it wanted to turn into a culture house.
The plans by local Orthodox Christians to appropriate
TBILISI, DFWatch–In Marneuli, a predominantly ethnic Azerbaijani town in the south of Georgia, the community radio is the only media outlet which is critical of the local government and trying to be balanced, unbiased and objective.
The people behind Radio Marneuli went through many difficulties until they finally