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The 2021 attack on Tbilisi Pride was a violent counter-demonstration by far-right protesters [9] against an attempt to hold a pride parade by pro-LGBTQ organizers of the NGO Tbilisi Pride in Tbilisi, Georgia. [10]
The 2023 attack on Tbilisi Pride (Georgian: 2023 წლის თავდასხმა თბილისის პრაიდზე) was a violent counter-demonstration and protest held by far-right, nationalist and ultranationalist groups against Tbilisi Pride, a LGBT festival in Tbilisi, Georgia.
A Pride festival was canceled in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi on Saturday by organizers who say authorities failed to prevent violent disruptions from Russian-affiliated far-right groups.
In 2022, Tbilisi Pride was held from 28 June to 2 July without a March for Dignity or other public events, due to security concerns. [12] Instead, events included film screenings, a conference, and a festival in a private venue. [13] Twenty-six right-wing counter-protesters were arrested at a counter-rally during the week of events. [13]
Tamaz Sozashvili, an organizer of Tbilisi PrideMOSCOW—Beka Gabadadze, an LGBTQ activist for Queer Association Temida, was at his office on Monday afternoon in the center of Tbilisi, the capital ...
Participants in Tbilisi’s annual Pride marches have come under physical attack by anti-LGBT protesters in recent years. ... Its passage sparked some of the largest protests Georgia has seen ...
The protests culminated in the demonstrators attacking Gabunia and injuring Rustavi 2 journalist Davit Eradze, which was then followed by the arrest of several members of the said groups. [4] [23] [24] Further protests were initiated by Georgian March against Tbilisi Pride and the screening of an LGBT film And Then We Danced in November
Tensions were high in Tbilisi on Monday, July 8, as the city’s first pride parade was cancelled for a second time, having been postponed in June amid counterprotests by groups inspired by ...