Up to 2,000 anti-LGBT protters broke up a Gay Pri ftival the Geian pal Tbilisi on Saturday, scufflg wh police and stroyg props cludg rabow flags and plards, though there were no reports of juri.
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REUTERS/Irakli Genidze TPX IMAGES OF THE DAYJuly 8 (Rters) - Up to 2, 000 anti-LGBT protters broke up a Gay Pri ftival the Geian pal Tbilisi on Saturday, scufflg wh police and stroyg props cludg rabow flags and plards, though there were no reports of juri.
Geia has passed laws agast discrimatn and hate crim, but LGBT+ rights groups say there is a lack of aquate protectn by law enforcement officials and homophobia remas wispread the socially nservative South Cs years ago, several journalists were beaten durg attacks on LGBT+ activists Tbilisi. Image source, RtersImage ptn, Protters broke through a police rdon to stop the Pri eventUp to 2, 000 anti-LGBT protters stormed a gay pri ftival Geia's pal Tbilisi on Saturday, forcg s right-wg protters, who clud Orthodox Christian clergy, scuffled wh police, shed the stage and burned rabow anisers and Geia's print blamed anti-LGBT hate speech that preced the event, and said the police had failed to protect ftival-goers. Homophobia remas rife Geia.
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Up to 2,000 protters stormed a gay pri ftival, a untry where anti-LGBT prejudice is mon. * georgia anti gay *
Organisers have ncelled a Pri march Geia after far-right monstrators stormed LGBTQ activists’ headquarters and attacked journalists vlence that the untry’s prime mister appeared to blame on the event and photographs showed anti-gay protters slg a three-storey buildg to break to the headquarters of the Tbilisi Pri march the Geian pal, while elsewhere men wh long beards prits’ clothg punched and kicked journalists, wh as many as 20 journalist said he was beaten wh a stick while others reported havg their meras and other equipment jured journalist speaks to the media si an ambulance Tbilisi. ”This is not the first time that vlence has broken out over a pri march Tbilisi, a cy wh a vibrant LGBTQ muny that has also seen homophobic vlence led by ultra-nservative policians and Orthodox church 2013, prits led a mob chantg “no to gays” durg an attack on a pri para Tbilisi that left s anisers hidg.
“Pri is always ntroversial, ” said s director Grgi Tabagari then, notg that the ernment had not been effective batg homophobia. In vios circulatg on social media, Matty says he had nsired pullg the show but said wouldn’t be fair on the fans, ‘bee you are young people, and I’m sure a lot of you are gay and progrsive and ol.
Homosexualy is punishable by f, ng and prison sentenc of up to 20 years. Matty has long been an outspoken advote for the LGBTQ+ muny, prevly fyg Dubai’s anti-gay laws by kissg a male fan durg a show. He said he was threatened wh arrt for the act at the time, wh homosexualy illegal and punishable by up to 10 years prison the untry.