Neo-Nazis

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Antisemitism

Vitali Safarov’s mother: I must know why they killed my son

by Dato Parulava

•6 min read

Vitali Safarov, a 25-year-old Jewish Georgian man, was stabbed to death in Tbilisi in September 2018. Two men were jailed for 15 years each on charges of group murder, however, the court ruled his killing was not ethnically motivated despite witness testimony that he was killed by neo-Nazis because he was Jewish. The family of the deceased have appealed the judgment as they are confident that Safarov was the victim of a hate crime. [Read more about Vitali Safarov’s case on OC Media:

conservative groups

Opinion | Labelling Georgia’s far right ‘pro-Russian’ is reductionist and counterproductive

by Shota Kincha

•8 min read

Georgia’s liberal rights groups, neoliberal political parties, and their supporters in the media have consistently tried to discredit neo-nationalists by simply labelling them ‘pro-Russian’ — a misguided claim that only mirrors the opposite claim that rights groups follow an anti-Georgian ‘Soros agenda’. To address growing far-right authoritarianism in Georgia, the underlying social and economic roots of the problem need to be addressed, as well as the legacy of authoritarianism of the previ

Editorial

Editorial | Georgia’s government must stop legitimising homophobic violence

by OC Media

•5 min read

The authorities’ failure to confront homophobia in Georgian society has perpetuated hate, violence, and emboldened the far right. If the government is truly serious about democracy, human rights, and the rule of law, they must dare to pursue policies based on equality, no matter the political cost. When there are international organisations present in the room, Georgian politicians turn more Catholic than the Pope. That was the case on 2 September when parliament’s Human Rights Committee

Education

Anti-Orbán demonstrators face off with far-right in Tbilisi

by OC Media

•3 min read

Both supporters and opponents of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán greeted the controversial politician with simultaneous demonstrations on 21 April, during an official two-day visit to Tbilisi. Anti-Orbán protesters whistled over Orbán and his attendants, while counter-demonstrators greeted him with excitement, as Orbán and Georgia’s PM Giorgi Kvirikashvili arrived at Courtyard Marriott Hotel for a Georgia–Hungary business forum. The demonstrators were protesting the Hungarian govern