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15 000 sign petition to punish May 17 hate crimes

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The petition asks for punishment of perpetrators of violence May 17. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–About 15 000 persons have signed a petition that asks to punish those who committed violence on May 17.

After clerics and parishioners attacked a peaceful demonstration by LGBT persons and their supporters on May 17 to mark the International Day

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Amnesty International says Georgian police failed on May 17

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Police in Georgia failed to protect gay rights activists, according to Amnesty International. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Amnesty International says the police in Georgia failed to protect demonstrators from aggression on May 17.

The human rights group which has more than 3 million supporters worldwide believes that the police failed to protect lesbian, gay, bisexual,

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TI: Georgian state stole over 111 million USD under Saakashvili

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Dark shiny SUVs were among the valuable items “given” to the state by individuals and businesses under President Saakashvili’s governments. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Transparency International suspects that gifts worth more than USD 111 million that were received by the Georgian government during the last 8 years may actually have been robbery conducted by the state.

This is the conclusion Transparency

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Young lawyers claim police used disproportionate force May 1

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Georgian Young Lawyer’s Association writes that the police used disproportionate force as it dispersed a May Day rally in Tbilisi. (DFWatch photo.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian Young Lawyer’s Association (GYLA) claims that the police used disproportionate force against participants of a peaceful demonstration on May 1.

The demonstration, organized by the youth group Laboratoria 1918 to mark the

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