Georgia
Violent attacks on IDAHO events in St Petersburg and Tbilisi
Yesterday on the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHO), two events in St Petersburg, Russia, and in Tbilisi, Georgia, ended in violence due to aggressive counter demonstrators.
Report and monitor hate crime - submissions to European and international institutions
Reporting and monitoring are crucial to raise awareness within national and European institutions, among law enforcement officers and the public. Hence, developing a reporting and monitoring strategy is a prerequisite for an efficient advocacy to call on policy makers to adopt laws and implement policies against violence.
Paata Sabelashvili is free, Georgian police still keeps under surveillance the Inclusive Foundation office and its staff
Paata Sabelashvili, board member of ILGA-Europe’s Executive Board and a leader of the Inclusive Foundation in Georgia, has been released and is now recovering after nearly two weeks detention.
Police raids office of ILGA-Europe’s member organisation in Georgia and arrests ILGA-Europe’s board member
On 15 December 2009, the police raided an office of the Inclusive Foundation, ILGA-Europe’s member organisation in Georgia, and arrested Paata Sabelashvili, leader of the Inclusive Foundation and a member of ILGA-Europe’s Executive Board.


