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Armenia

Lectures by Russian–Armenian blogger in Yerevan cancelled after public backlash

by Arshaluys Barseghyan

•3 min read

On Sunday, the organisers of a business management event cancelled the planned lectures by Arsen Markaryan, a Russian blogger of Armenian descent, following an online campaign calling for his removal. In a post on Facebook explaining the decision, the Business Lecture group behind the event cited information about ‘upcoming provocations’ received from ‘competent sources’ as their reason for the cancellation. They claimed to have received ‘hundreds of threats, including calls for physica

Georgia

Calls for Georgian Dream MPs to resign after ‘sexist’ insults in parliament

by Tata Shoshiashvili

•4 min read

Georgia’s opposition is calling for the resignation of a ruling party MP, after two MPs made insulting statements towards female opposition MPs in parliament. During a plenary session on Tuesday, Georgian Dream MPs Aluda Ghudushauri and Irakli Beraia accused Ana Tsitlidze and Teona Akubardia of, respectively, being unattractive to former President Mikheil Saakashvili and having ‘a long tongue that has been everywhere’. Ghudushauri, who is the first deputy chair of the Human Rights and Civi

Armenia

Opinion | Misogyny and Armenophobic hate underpins the furore over Armine Harutyunyan

by Alla Parunova

•4 min read

The public outrage over Armine Harutyunyan walking down the runway at a Gucci fashion show reveals deep-seated sexism and anti-Armenian sentiment in Georgian society and shows the failures of Georgia’s media. While the Gucci fashion show on 22 September, in which models dressed in outfits ‘inspired’ by mental illness, could have inspired a discussion about the commodification of a serious social issue, instead it was the appearance of a particular model that caused a firestorm of outrage i

Georgia

Leaders of Tbilisi far-right march threaten woman with gang rape

by OC Media

•2 min read

Police in Georgia have opened an investigation into organisers of the recent far-right March in Tbilisi, after a number of them threatened a woman who criticised their movement with rape. Tatia Dolidze, a former Georgian Youth Delegate at the UN, was met with threats of sexual violence and gang rape on Facebook on 17 July, after criticising the organisers and attendees of the xenophobic, ethno-nationalist demonstration. Gia Korkotashvili, a leading figure of the March, Mikheil Amisulas