Protesters blocking the entrance of a court in Yerevan on 20 May. (Knar Khudoyan / OC Media)
Protesters gathered outside courts across Armenia on Monday after Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan called for supporters to block the entrances, describing the courts as ‘puppets’ of the former government. [Read more…]
Gega Shengelia, Georgian Dream’s candidate for Zugdidi Mayor, casting his vote. (OC Media)
A by-election in Tbilisi’s Mtatsminda District will go to a second round after preliminary results showed no candidate gaining above 50% of votes.
(Tbilisi Pride)
Queer rights activists abstained from holding a demonstration in Tbilisi for this year’s International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia over safety concerns. Next month, Tbilisi is expected to host its first ever queer pride event. [Read more…]
Still from Odishi TV footage.
Opposition activists and a TV crew have been attacked in the west-Georgian city of Zugdidi in the run-up to the local mayoral election. [Read more…]
Vitali Safarov (Facebook)
The key witness in the trial over the murder of Vitali Safarov in Tbilisi has testified that Safarov was killed because he was Jewish. [Read more…]
International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia on 17 May 2017 in Tbilisi (Mari Nikuradze/OC Media)
An advertising company that owns public ad spaces in central Tbilisi has refused to display anti-homophobia messages despite signing a contract with Georgian queer rights group the Equality Movement to do so, according to the group. [Read more…]
Bust of Georgian Interior Minister Giorgi Gakharia in front of the parliament building in Tbilisi. (on.ge)
Georgian drug policy reform advocates have marked the anniversary of police raids on night clubs Bassiani and Café Gallery in the capital Tbilisi. [Read more…]
Head of the Georgian Orthodox Church, Ilia II. (Mari Nikuradze / OC Media)
The Georgian government has allocated at least ₾890,000 ($320,000) to celebrate a new religious holiday on 12 May — the country’s consecration to the Virgin Mary. [Read more…]
A Victory Day rally in Tbilisi. (Tamuna Chkareuli / OC Media)
Two competing rallies were held in Tbilisi on 9 May, the Day of Victory over Fascism, with groups marching in the name of the Immortal Regiment, many of whom held portraits of Stalin, confronted by protesters waving anti-Putin and pro-EU and NATO signs. [Read more…]
Nika Gvaramia (/Rustavi 2)
The director of opposition-leaning TV channel Rustavi 2 has accused the Georgian government of attacking the channel’s editorial policy after one of the company’s shareholders launched a ₾28 million ($10 million) legal dispute against him and other shareholders. [Read more…]
