GeorgiaLive updates | Tbilisi Pride cancelled as mob violence continuesby OC Media• 0 min readShare▲A mob attacks journalists near the parliament building in Tbilisi on 5 July. Photo: Mariam Nikuradze/OC Media. GeorgiaQueer RightsTbilisi PrideOC Media • Follow3701 articles•0 FollowersOpen Caucasus Media brings you news, commentary, multimedia, and podcasts from the North and South Caucasus.
AbkhaziaRussian court sentences Abkhazian to over 5 years for posts praising Shamil Basaevby Elizaveta Chukharova•3 min readThe case is linked to Telegram posts about a dispute over a museum exhibition in Sukhumi (Sukhum).
GeorgiaOver 70 arrested in Georgian police operation against mafia in Adjaraby OC Media•2 min readAmong those detained were alleged high-ranking members of the post-Soviet mafia network known as ‘thieves-in-law’.
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