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Giorgi Tabagari, Tbilisi Pride’s director, denounced the prime minister’s claims as “unbelievable”. He warned the event risked creating “civil confrontation” and accused opposition politician and former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili and his opposition United National Movement (UNM) party of organising the march in a bid to sow “unrest” in the country, local media reported. Hours earlier, Garibashvili claimed the “majority” of people were opposed to the march.
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Tbilisi Pride said it could not proceed with Monday’s march in “streets full of oppressors” supported by the government, Orthodox Church leaders and anti-LGBTQ forces, warning to do so would “risk people’s lives”, local media reported.
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While authorities had promised to protect the marchers on Monday, prominent community leaders and Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili had spoken out against the rally. It was not immediately clear how many people had been injured, or to what extent.Ĭampaigners posted photos and videos on social media which appeared to show a mob breaking into Tbilisi Pride’s premises and tearing up a Pride flag in front of a crowd outside the building.Īctivists had launched five days of Pride celebrations last Thursday, shrugging off criticism from the church and conservatives who said the events had no place in Georgia. The Tbilisi Pride group accused the government of failing to protect people’s “fundamental rights” amid the unrest, during which campaigners and journalists were reportedly attacked, according to local media. Georgian LGBTQ campaigners cancelled their “March for Dignity” Pride event in Tbilisi on Monday after counterprotesters stormed and ransacked their offices.