Friday, December 5, 2025

Court rules murderer of transgender woman acted in self-defense

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Sabi was remembered with a minute’s silence at the House of Justice on Nov. 21, 2014. (DF Watch.)

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

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Georgian parliamentarian criticizes U.S. Supreme Court same-sex ruling

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Manana Kobakhidze. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The deputy speaker of the Georgian parliament, Manana Kobakhidze, is criticized for recent remarks about the U.S. Supreme Court ruling legalizing gay marriage.

“Even if we are left all alone on earth, if every one of our friends or partners abandons us, I will not

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NGOs criticize Georgia for not protecting minorities

 პარასკევის ლოცვა ორთა ჯამეს მეჩეთში. (DF Watch.)
The overcrowded mosque in Batumi. (DF Watch.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Georgia criticize the government for not doing enough to eliminate discrimination of religious minorities, and underline that over the last two years, the country has seen a number of conflicts on a religious

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Homophobia in Georgia: tolerance is a myth

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From left to right: Levan Berianidze, Tamta Mikeladze, Ana Lobzhanidze. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgians like to talk about tolerance as a part of the national psyche. But the ability to accept and live alongside people who are different from yourself seems to end when it comes to gays, lesbians and other sexual minorities.

According to NDI,

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Georgia has done nothing to protect sexual minorities: Ombudsman

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Anti-gay demonstrators in Tbilisi on May 17, 2014. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia has taken no real steps toward protecting the rights of sexual minorities, according to a new report by the Ombudsman.

The report, which was published on April 1, says there is an increase not only in homophobic attitudes but also crimes motivated

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