**Police** Exonerated in Tbilisi Pride Festival Violence: Public Defender’s 2023 Equality Report
Tbilisi, Georgia – The 2023 Equality Report by the Public Defender has cleared the police of any wrongdoing in failing to protect the Tbilisi Pride Festival from a violent mob on July 8, 2023. The report acknowledges the rapid growth in the number of far-right supporters at the festival site and the challenges faced by law enforcement. It emphasizes the difficulty in managing the protection of the LGBT+ community solely through police forces and calls …