Tbilisi marks International Day Against Homophobia with a single rainbow flag
Hundreds of people led by priests marched through Tbilisi ‘against sodomy’.
Voice | ‘Our families are as holy as yours’ — stories of acceptance
Despite widespread homophobic attitudes throughout the Caucasus, there are some queer people who find acceptance for who they are.
Opposition activists and journalists attacked in run-up to Georgian by-elections
Five days before the by-elections, several men attacked mayoral candidate and media in Western Zugdidi town.
Ad company pulls out of deal to display anti-homophobia posters in Tbilisi
The Equality Movement announced they will sue the advertising company for discrimination after they pulled out at the last moment.
Gakharia faces criticism on anniversary of Bassiani club raids
Georgian drug policy reform advocates marked Sundays anniversary of police raids on night clubs Bassiani and Café Gallery in the capital Tbilisi.
Georgian government allocates $320,000 for new religious holiday
Parliament voted in an extraordinary session on Wednesday to make 12 May a celebration of the country’s consecration to the Virgin Mary.
‘Stalinists’ and ‘anti-Putin activists’ face-off in Tbilisi on Victory Day
Protesters chanted ‘Putin Khuylo’ at a march of the Immortal Regiment, which included people carrying portraits of Stalin.
Rustavi 2 shareholder sues Gvaramia and other shareholders
Director Nika Gvaramia accused the government of being behind the lawsuit to attack the channel’s editorial independence.
Abkhazian presidential challenger vows to fight election despite ‘poisoning’
Aslan Bzhaniya’s opposition coalition announced they would conduct their own investigation into his sudden illness.
Georgian security service accuse Machalikashvili of ‘plotting terror attack’
Machalikashvili is the father of a nineteen-year-old ethnic Kist from Georgia’s Pankisi Valley who was fatally shot during a 2017 counterterror sweep.