On May 17, 2019, on the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia, the Democracy Research Institute team members observed the demonstration in front of the Chancellery of the Government of Georgia. The demonstration was attended by the representatives of far-right groups. Violence, ill-treatment and abuse of power were not recorded. Anti-liberal propaganda and hate speech towards the LGBTQ community and the defenders of their rights was used by the speakers during the demonstration. Hate speech was used on the participants’ posters as well.
The demonstration was monitored by the financial support of the Embassy of the Netherlands in Georgia in the framework of the project "Understanding and Combating Far-Right Extremism and Ultra-Nationalism in Georgia”.
რუსეთი ბოლო პერიოდში აქტიურად ცდილობს ოკუპირებული ტერიტორების საკითხის წინ წამოწევას და საქართველოსგან ამ ტერიორების სამართლებრივად ჩამოშორებას.
In Georgia, while 2024–2026 is described as a period of significant deterioration in media rights, signs of increased state-led political influence over independent and public-interest media had become visible earlier.
Since 2024, Georgia’s legal and institutional framework has been changing at an unusually rapid pace.