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Protests in Tbilisi after development above historic sulphur baths restart

12 January 2018 by OC Media

Activists protest Mirza Shapi Street devel­op­ment project (Dato Parulava /OC Media)

Protests in Tbilisi’s old neigh­bour­hood against con­struc­tions above the city’s historic sulphur baths are set to resume, as urban policy activists vow to fight plans to construct two large mul­ti­func­tion­al complexes. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Stories Tagged With: activism, activists, city development, city planning, construction, development, georgia, tbilisi

Georgian activists present petition to government against ‘homophobic attack by police’

5 October 2017 by OC Media

(Equality Movement)

Queer rights activists have presented a petition signed by almost 38,000 people worldwide to the Georgian gov­ern­ment in support of two gay men, Levan Beri­an­idze and Tornike Kusiani. The two were allegedly assaulted on homo­pho­bic grounds by strangers and then by police.

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Filed Under: Stories Tagged With: activists, arrest, batumi, detention, gay, georgia, homophobia, lgbt, petition, police, queer, violence

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Living in an ‘enemy land’: the Armenian women working abroad

Living in an ‘enemy land’: the Armenian women working abroad

16 April 2018 By Armine Avetisyan

Low pay and high unemployment have led many Armenian women to seek work beyond the country’s borders. Despite fears of trafficking, often abusive working conditions, and a closed border with Turkey, the allure of higher salaries have led … [Read More...]

Opinion & Analysis

Analysis | Ten years after a deadly crackdown in Armenia, will history repeat itself?

Analysis | Ten years after a deadly crackdown in Armenia, will history repeat itself?

23 April 2018 By Peter Liakhov

On 1 March 2008, 10 people died when police broke up protests. Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan is now once again raising the spectre of 1 March.

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