Queer rights groups on 17 May 2018 (Mari Nikuradze/OC Media)
A new survey from CRRC-Georgia suggests there is a gap between the perception and reality of intolerance in Georgia. [Read more…]
Analysis | Georgia’s imagined tolerance
Georgian rights activist’s murder was ‘a hate crime’
Vitali Safarov (Facebook)
Two Georgian rights groups have called on the Prosecutor’s Office to investigate the murder of a 25-year-old human rights activist outside a bar in Tbilisi as a possibly hate-motivated crime. [Read more…]
Footage shows black students attacked in Tbilisi
(Screenshot from the video)
A number of black students were attacked by a group of local men in Tbilisi over the weekend at a public football pitch. Police have launched an investigation and are considering whether the incident qualified as a hate crime. [Read more…]
‘You shouldn’t be here because you’re black’ — Georgia’s racism problem
Tbilisi’s Orbeliani Square where Hassan Olatunde Abiola was assaulted (dmark.ge)
A recent confrontation between a black man and a group of white Georgian men on Tbilisi’s streets underscored the racism non-white people often face in the country. Despite reporting the matter to the police, the victim’s complaint was not taken seriously, bringing into question the authorities’ commitment to tackling racism.
