On June 24, the Democracy Research Institute held the presentation of the “Understanding and Combating Far-Right Extremism and Ultra-Nationalism in Georgia” report.
The presenters spoke about the main characteristics of far-right discourse in Georgian social media, monitoring of street rallies and demonstrations of far-right groups, the ideology of far-right groups in Georgia and examples of Western European countries.
The meeting was opened by Mrs Loes Lammerts, Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of the Netherlands and by Ucha Nanuashvili, Director of DRI.
The report “Understanding and Combating Far-Right Extremism and Ultra-Nationalism in Georgia”
Along with
illegal arrests, incited violence
and use of excessive force by law enforcement officers,
Georgian Dream is trying
to suppress large-scale protests by adopting repressive legislation.
Women’s political participation is severely limited in the Tskhinvali region.
