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Opinion | Will Georgia follow Poland in the global right-wing revolution?

Blaming Russia alone for the anti-Pride pogrom misses key domestic factors — the same ones that fuelled the likes of Orbán, Kaczyński, and Trump. 

Opinion | Will Georgia follow Poland in the global right-wing revolution?

By Dominik K Cagara

Blaming Russia alone for the anti-Pride pogrom misses key domestic factors — the same ones that fuelled the likes of Orbán, Kaczyński, and Trump. 

EU flag torn down from Georgian Parliament in second day of far-right street violence 

Homophobic extremists attacked journalists once again and attempted to attack a demonstration against the violence of the previous day.

EU flag torn down from Georgian Parliament in second day of far-right street violence 

Homophobic extremists attacked journalists once again and attempted to attack a demonstration against the violence of the previous day.

Homophobic mob celebrates on Tbilisi streets after Pride march cancelled

What was to be Tbilisi’s first Pride march has been cancelled for the second time.

Homophobic mob celebrates on Tbilisi streets after Pride march cancelled

What was to be Tbilisi’s first Pride march has been cancelled for the second time.

Live updates | Tbilisi Pride cancelled as mob violence continues

Live coverage of Georgia's first-ever Pride march.

Attacks on journalists in Tbilisi as city braces for Pride

Anti-Pride protesters also demolished tents that had been outside of the Georgian parliament since the last parliamentary election. 

Attacks on journalists in Tbilisi as city braces for Pride

Anti-Pride protesters also demolished tents that had been outside of the Georgian parliament since the last parliamentary election. 

Tbilisi Pride Week kicks off amidst far-right protests

Police arrested 20 people attempting to disrupt the opening event of pride week, as one US diplomat was hit with an egg.

Tbilisi Pride Week kicks off amidst far-right protests

Police arrested 20 people attempting to disrupt the opening event of pride week, as one US diplomat was hit with an egg.

Man attacked in Baku ‘for having blue hair’

Twenty-two-year-old model Abbaskhan Humbatov was attacked in the streets of Baku in what appears to have been a homophobic incident.

Man attacked in Baku ‘for having blue hair’

Twenty-two-year-old model Abbaskhan Humbatov was attacked in the streets of Baku in what appears to have been a homophobic incident.

Kobakhidze calls for Tbilisi Pride to be cancelled

The ‘March for Dignity’ is planned to take place along Rustaveli Avenue on 5 July. 

Kobakhidze calls for Tbilisi Pride to be cancelled

The ‘March for Dignity’ is planned to take place along Rustaveli Avenue on 5 July. 

Opinion | How Azerbaijan’s media ignores anti-queer violence

The media’s silence in the face of a surge of anti-queer violence is nothing less than complicity with it. 

Opinion | How Azerbaijan’s media ignores anti-queer violence

By Vahid Aliyev

The media’s silence in the face of a surge of anti-queer violence is nothing less than complicity with it. 

Spate of homophobic attacks in Azerbaijan

There have been three homophobic street attacks in Baku in the last week alone.

Spate of homophobic attacks in Azerbaijan

There have been three homophobic street attacks in Baku in the last week alone.