Azerbaijani Georgians
Georgian Dream local councilor throws teapot at constituent in argument
In response to criticism, Jeyhun Chovdarov, local councilor from the ruling Georgian Dream party, threw a teapot at a resident of the Marneuli district.
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Azerbaijani Georgians appeal to Aliyev to open border
Over a thousand people, mostly Georgian ethnic Azerbaijanis, have signed an online petition calling on Azerbaijan’s President, Ilham Aliyev to restore at least limited movement across the Georgian-Azerbaijani land border. The petition was launched by Samira Bayramova, a civil activist based in Marneuli, southern Georgia. Georgia’s population of ethnic Azerbaijanis numbers more than 230,000, constituting the largest (6%) ethnic minority group in Georgia, most living in the southeast of the
Azerbaijani Georgians
‘My secret life’: Gay and Azerbaijani in rural Georgia
Linguistic barriers and tight-knit but conservative communities have left queer members of Georgia’s ethnic minorities isolated, vulnerable, and invisible to the country’s queer rights organisations. Namig (not his real name) is a 28-year-old ethnic Azerbaijani living in Georgia’s Kvemo Kartli region. When he was still a schoolboy, his uncle would humiliate him by coming to school and forcibly cutting his long hair in front of his classmates — who cheered on the humiliation. ‘No one ever un
