Azerbaijani Georgians

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Azerbaijani Georgians appeal to Aliyev to open border

by Shota Kincha

•2 min read

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

by OC Media

•5 min read

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