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Police officers observe a rally outside the offices of the Georgian Parliament following the death of TV Pirveli journalist Alexander Lashkarava.
By Sharon Braithwaite and Martin Goillandeau, CNN
Police in Georgia were forced to eject dozens of people from Parliament after journalists and opposition lawmakers tried to force their way into the lower house in protest of a news cameraman’s death, according to agency video footage and reports.
Protesters were demanding Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili resign following the death of 37-year-old Alexander Lashkarava. The cameraman was “found dead at home by his mother” Sunday, six days after he was severely beaten by demonstrators trying to block an LGBTQ pride event in Georgia’s capital, Tbilisi, his employer, TV Pirveli, reported.
By Sharon Braithwaite and Martin Goillandeau, CNN
Updated 8:46 PM ET, Mon July 12, 2021
A demonstrator holds a rainbow flag at a rally in Tbilisi, Georgia, on July 6, in support of people who were injured when members of violent groups disrupted a Pride march the day before. (CNN)Police in Georgia were forced to eject dozens of people from Parliament after journalists and opposition lawmakers tried to force their way into the lower house in protest of a news cameraman s death, according to agency video footage and reports.
Protesters were demanding Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili resign following the death of 37-year-old Alexander Lashkarava. The cameraman was found dead at home by his mother Sunday, six days after he was severely beaten by demonstrators trying to block an LGBTQ pride event in Georgia s capital, Tbilisi, his employer, TV Pirveli, reported.
Georgia anti-LGBTQ violence: Nobody to protect journalists
Opposition lawmakers are demanding that the prime minister resign after the death of cameraman Alexander Lashkarava. His colleagues have told DW about the circumstances that led to his death.
Hundreds of protesters gathered outside the parliament building in Tbilisi
Colleagues of Alexander Lashkarava have said there was no one to protect journalists or the organizers of a Pride march when he was beaten up by a right-wing mob while covering an anti-LGBTQ attack.
The TV Pirveli cameraman was found dead at his home on the weekend, days after being attacked. The government is not only avoiding taking responsibility, but they re trying to justify all the violence because there were no law enforcement at the LGBTQ office that day when they knew violent crime would be there, Nana Aburjanidze, Channel Executive of TV Pirveli, told DW.