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New survey points to increasingly positive attitudes in Georgia toward minorities, LGBT+ individuals

By | February 15th, 2022|Categories: Minorities|Tags: , , , , |

(DFWatch) TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgians are increasingly positive about minorities, including LGBT+ people, according to the new survey commissioned by The Council of Europe Office in Georgia, which covers a period between 2018 and 2021. The CoE presented key findings of the study Monday, which demonstrates that knowledge and appreciation of diversity in Georgian society increased [...]

Georgia second in Europe by incarceration rate: CoE

By | April 2nd, 2019|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , |

Gldani prison in Tbilisi. Georgia showed the most significant drop in incarceration rate among Council of Europe member countries between 2008 and 2019. However, it is the second among countries with particularly high incarceration rates just after Russia, according to new statistics released on Tuesday by the CoE on the situation in European prisons [...]