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
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Interior Ministry in Georgia says it is charging two high-ranking clerics who work for the country’s Orthodox church.
(Article has been corrected.) The police is pressing charges against the archimandrite of Sameba cathedral, Father
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Georgian Orthodox Church separates itself from the violent incidents of May 17, when clerics disrupted LGBT activists from holding a peaceful rally, resulting in 28 injured.
Church spokesman Mikael Botkoveli on Wednesday evening said at a briefing
TBILISI, DFWatch–Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili says that church prayer isn’t an excuse for anyone to violate the law.
The PM on Tuesday met with a club of experts and after the meeting he commented on the May 17 events, when Orthodox Christians and clerics
TBILISI, DFWatch–Police have detained four persons suspected of resisting police and petty hooliganism on May 17, when Orthodox Christians held a counter-rally against an attempt at marking the International Day Against Homophobia.
There is one minor among
TBILISI, DFWatch–Thomas Hammarberg says it will be difficult to explain to Europe how the May 17 violence could occur in a democratic country such as Georgia.
Christian Orthodox activists last Friday used violence to disrupt a planned peaceful event to mark
These shameful events posed new questions (or rather question marks) for the Georgian democracy. The country has achieved a lot since the collapse of the Soviet Union. It has effectively fought crime and corruption; it has managed to change its government through peaceful
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,
TBILISI, DFWatch–A peaceful rally to protest Friday’s violent clashes went ahead without serious incidents outside the government office on Saturday.
In the afternoon, LGBT activists and their supporters started gathering in front of the government’s office,
TBILISI, DFWatch–After the violence yesterday, a gathering is planned today Saturday outside the government building on Ingorokva Street 7 at 15:00 to condemn what happened.
Organizers say the goal is to condemn the violence by clerics and others who confronted the LGBT