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2021 attack on Tbilisi Pride | ||||
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Date | 5–6 July 2021 | |||
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Caused by | Far-right reaction to an attempt to hold a Pride parade | |||
Methods | street blockades, assault, ransacking, incitement | |||
Resulted in | Pride parade cancelled; 102 counter-protesters arrested; 28 convicted[1] | |||
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Lead figures | ||||
Giorgi Tabagari, Ana Subeliani, Zurab Japaridze and others Irakli Garibashvili, Vakhtang Gomelauri and others. Zurab Makharadze and others | ||||
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Casualties | ||||
Injuries | 50+ journalists physically assaulted, 1 of which later died [6][7] 1 Polish tourist stabbed | |||
Arrested | 102[8] |
The 2021 attack on Tbilisi Pride was a violent counter-demonstration by far-right protesters[9] against an attempt to hold a pride parade by pro-LGBTQ organizers of the NGO Tbilisi Pride in Tbilisi, Georgia.[10] Anti-LGBT protesters frustrated attempts to hold a parade, attacked dozens of journalists who were covering the events and NGO offices,[3][1] which resulted in the canceling of the Pride demonstration after four location changes from the initial procession at Rustaveli Avenue.
The protest held in support of Tbilisi Pride by a number of media outlets and political parties on the second day was also met by violent counter-protests.[2]
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