Tributes paid to Kesaria Abramidze as ruling party and allies are accused of state campaign against minorities

A well-known Georgian transgender model has been murdered, local officials said, a day after the government passed legislation that will impose sweeping curbs on LGBTQ+ rights in the country.

“There is a direct correlation between the use of hate speech in politics and hate crimes,” the Social Justice Center, a Tbilisi-based human rights group, said in its statement reacting to the murder.

  • Mihies@programming.devEnglish
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    2 months ago

    No, you got it right. Seems like combination of a, perhaps, not exactly clear message and trigger happy downvoters results in … downvoting.