On June 25th, during the TV show “Alt-Interview” hosted by Alt-Info, Archpriest Giorgi Razmadze directed hate speech towards the LGBTQ+ community, claiming that during the 1969 Stonewall Riots, in one of New York’s gay bars, 12 policemen were murdered by homosexuals. After discussing the Stonewall Riots, Razmadze addressed Georgian policemen and encouraged them not to...

Since 2015, the practices of budgetary service contracts allocation with media outlets spreading hate speech and directly or indirectly connected with Russia remain one of the main study areas of Media Development Foundation (MDF). While examining the recent data of 2020-2021, MDF has uncovered a new outlet named Spacesnews, which is characterized by a partially...

On June 26, Facebook users Nina Marji and Bachi Kurdadze shared a screenshot of the comment by Tamila España, one of the social network users, stating that new law is to be passed in Spain, on the basis of which if vaccination is refused, children will be taken away from parents, while irresponsible parents will...

On June 25, 2021, a video by a Russian Islamic page Ислам – Баку (Islam – Baku) was shared in a Facebook group Photo-Fact GEORGIA. The video mentions the increase in the size of Muslim community in London and the rising number of mosques. In the video, which comes with a logo of RT, a...

In the interview with Alt-Info TV program “Alt-Interview” on June 28, Bondo Mdzinarashvili, member of the Georgian Public Broadcaster’s Board of Trustees, former editor-in-chief and host of Obieqtivi TV who is known for hate speech and homophobic remarks, spoke about Tbilisi Pride. Mdzinarashvili made several homophobic and anti-Western messages during the interview:   Homosexuality is...

On June 27, Khatuna Saginashvili, editor of Kvakutkhedi magazine, uploaded a Facebook profile picture of Zura Bakuradze, head of Unison ensemble and Georgian Voices soloist. The photo has a frame reading “#I got vaccinated.” Saginashvili writes in the accompanying text that “a poor nurse” got an immediate response after advertising a COVID-19 vaccine and likewise,...

On June 22, Facebook user Giorgi Dzidziguri shared a photo depicting Georgian Patriarch Ilia II to a public group “გასამართლდეს ნაციონალური მოძრაობა!” (Bring the National Movement to Justice). The photo is accompanied by the quote attributed to the Patriarch: “I will end Natsi band.” The photo was uploaded on Facebook page “ეკლესია ლიბერასტების წინააღმდეგ” (Church...

On June 13, Obieqtivi TV aired the seventh episode of TV program “Studio Number 8” hosted by Irma Inashvili, leader of the Alliance of Patriots party, where she talks about the judgment delivered by the Strasbourg-based European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) into Georgia vs. Russia case on January 21, 2021. Inashvili claims that the...

On June 21, head of the “Development Laboratory of Georgia” Irakli Gogava spoke on “Obiektivi” TV about Pride March planned by Tbilisi Pride and said that according to European Convention on Human Rights, if the freedom of assembly goes against the morals of the society at its core, the government has the right to restrict...

During Alt-Info TV program “Alt-Interview” on June 16, Tatia Gabritchidze, the host of the program, and her guest, Georgian cleric Giorgi Vashalomidze, spoke about recent developments around the Georgian Orthodox Church-run Ninotsminda orphanage. The program host noted that compulsory religious education is regulated well in the schools of European countries and that teaching dominant religion...

The 21-27 June issue of the newspaper “Asaval-dasavali” published a comment from the “Rights Defenders’ Union” chairperson Nikoloz Mzhavanadze noting that Guram Kashia, within the “Equality Program”, goes from village to village in Guria and talks about gay couples to children.   Nikoloz Mzhvanadze, Rights Defenders’ Union: “When renowned Serbian football player Mateja Kezman has...

Nino Ratishvili, host of Obieqtivi TV’s Night Studio program, said on June 19 that a vaccinated mother was not allowed to transfuse her blood to her child. Ratishvili noted that Georgia received this directive from the Red Cross who states it is better if unvaccinated people donate blood. Earlier on June 17, identical information was...