The March of Dignity, the final event of Tbilisi Pride Week, has cancelled, Tbilisi Pride announced after “the authorities did not ensure the security of LGBTQ+ community and impeded them to exercise the right to freedom of assembly.”
“We cannot come out to the streets full of oppressors backed by the government, patriarchate and pro-Russian forces, and risk the lives of people. We want to make it clear to our supporters that the fight for dignity will continue, an irreversible process that will not stop despite the furious resistance of hate groups, the patriarchate and the government!,” the Tbilisi Pride underscored.
Tbilisi Pride dubbed the Georgian Prime Minister’s recent statement that the march is inappropriate, as shameful, violent, anti-state and anti-Western.
They call on the international community, opposition parties, non-governmental organizations, supporters and citizens of Georgia to “dissociate themselves from radical hate groups and the state’s inaction policy.”