Georgia: Angry Mob Scuttles Anti-Homophobia Rally "Kill Them!"

[Leroy N. Soetoro]

http://www.eurasianet.org/node/66981

A raging mob in Tbilisi chased away a downtown rally designed to
commemorate the May 17 International Day against Homophobia. �Kill them!
Tear them to pieces!� yelled the agitated crowd as police struggled to
evacuate a handful of gay-rights supporters from the Georgian capital's
central Freedom Square.

It was a scene of medieval mob violence, as thousands of Georgians --
mostly young men, but also robed priests and women in headscarves --
stormed through a police cordon and went pursuing the activists. �Where
are they? Don�t let them leave alive!� screamed frenzied men, as they took
over the square, outnumbering and overpowering police troops.

Police barely managed to herd some of the LGBT activists into municipal
buses, before angry protesters surrounded the vehicles. The crowd hit,
threw stones and followed the buses as they pushed their way out of the
square.

The pursuit continued on the side streets. Just outside the square, a mob
tried to storm a house, where several gay rights activists had sought
refuge. �Drag them out, stomp them to death,� screamed one woman as she
tried to push her way through a group of policemen, who wrestled with the
mob at the entrance of the house.

Youngsters swore, beat and threw various objects at police officers, who
eventually pulled the activists into a car. A stampede occurred as the mob
tried to chase the car down the narrow street, with some falling into
ditches.

At the different corner of the downtown, several activists sought asylum
in a grocery store and police managed to fight off the mob that tried to
break into the shop.

Very few civilians dared to speak against the violence. �Look at
yourselves! You call yourselves Christians?� objected one elderly woman in
tears, speaking from a balcony. �Go ahead, kill everyone you are told to
hate in the name of God and national values.�

Government officials from both the ruling Georgian Dream and President
Mikheil Saakashvili's minority National Movement condemned the violence
and blamed each other's policies for it.

�Both groups have a full right to hold peaceful rallies. Violence is
unacceptable,� said Justice Minister Tea Tsulukuani.

Appearing on Rustavi2 television, senior National Movement parliamentarian
Gigi Tsereteli called the violence "anarchy," and noted that "This is not
the state we were building . . ."

On the eve of the clash, the highly revered leader of the Georgian
Orthodox Church, Patriarch Ilia II, called on the city government not to
allow an LGBT demonstration in Tbilisi.

The patriarch also urged restrained conduct, but gay-rights activists
claim that the church fomented the display of violence by speaking out
against the rally.

In what some participants described as a voluntary initiative, gay-rights
opponents, led by priests, gathered in the morning of May 17 and marched
toward Freedom Square with posters like �Stop Promoting Homosexuality in
Georgia� and �Homosexuality is the Worst Sin.� Parish women held strands
of nettle in their hands.

�Nettle has curative properties,� one woman commented to EurasiaNet.org.
�A few hits in the right place and it will kick those demented thoughts
out of their heads.�

As the rally degenerated into violence, protesters screamed verbal abuse
at Georgia�s National Ombudsman Ucha Nanuashvili and a US embassy
official, who also showed up at the demonstration.

Brawls broke out in several parts of town and dozens were hospitalized.
The tensions that continued for hours steamed off after the church called
on the believers to relocate to the city�s main cathedral, Holy Trinity.

Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili earlier had emphasized that sexual
minorities have equal rights with other Georgians under the law, adding
that "Society will get used to it." So far, it doesn't look like it has.

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