25/07/2021
25/07/2021
In Georgia, demonstrations continue after the violent murder of a gay camerman, Alexander Lashkarava at the weekend. Mr Lashkarava's murder by a homophobic mob followed weeks of violent provocation by neo-Nazis and nationalist religionists, who had broken into LGBTQ organisations headquarters and ransacked offices. Journalistic freedom groups and human rights activists have united with LGBTQ campaigners to hold demonstrations, at considerable personal risk, against the authoritarian government of Irakli Garibashvili . Mr Garibashvili has stood logic on its head by blaming the organisers of an abortive Pride Parade for the violence.