Sunday, August 3, 2025

Hate crime vs hooliganism

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Sarah Delys is a criminologist working for Human Rights Education and Monitoring Centre in Tbilisi.

Last month marked the one-year anniversary of the LGBT rally which turned violent in Tbilisi. The tense situation in the country in the run-up to the International Day Against Homophobia made activists resolve to a silent protest [1] this year.

A few days

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Georgian morning show anchors criticized Elton John

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Davit Katsarava and Salome Gogiashvili, hosts of Imedi TV’s morning show. (Screen grab.)

TBILISI, DFWatch — Two well-known Georgian TV anchors are accused of having used a homophobic slur.

January 18, one of the anchors of a morning talk show on Imedi TV said: ‘I’m honestly sorry for both surrogate children of Elton John’. The other one

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Georgian blogosphere angry over same-sex marriage ban proposal

A manipulated photo of Christian Democrats leader Giorgi Targamadze dressed as a nun is being circulated in social media, dubbed Minister of Moral.

TBILISI, DFWatch – A new initiative by the moderate opposition Christian Democrats to ban same-sex marriage and write Christianity into the constitution is being discussed in the Georgian blogosphere.

The initiative has been criticized by the government,

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Show of support for anti-homophobia demonstrators

During the show of support Friday, a church congregation was inside the church across the street. The day ended with one minor incident. (Photo: Mari Nikuradze.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – After peaceful demonstrators against homophobia were beaten by counter-demonstrators Thursday, people gathered in front of parliament building on Friday to protest the incident.

“I’ve seen footage of yesterday’s gathering on TV and I’ve

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Anti-homophobia demonstrators were beaten

It turned violent when two groups wanted to mark the international day against homophobia. Five people were arrested, two of them were priests. (Photo: Londa Beria.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – A celebration of the international day for the fight against homophobia Thursday turned violent as demonstrators were beaten and posters torn.

Members of the two organizations LGBT Georgia and Identoba and their supporters held the event in front of

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