How Georgia s Ruling Party Is Using Laws On Foreign Agents And Gay Propaganda To Maintain Its Grip On Power globalsecurity.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from globalsecurity.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Georgia's ruling party has introduced laws that would ban "gay propaganda" and create a "foreign agents" registry. Ahead of critical elections in October, critics say that the laws are part of an effort to portray the opposition as captives of foreign interests inimical to Georgian values.
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ruled that the Georgian authorities failed to protect the LGBT demonstrators from the homophobic mob on the International Day Against Homophobia back in 2013, obliging Georgia to pay damages amounting to €193,500.