Activist Kristi Chelidze writes about the current events on Facebook:
“The state is clearly trying to blame Pride and other non-governmental organizations, whose offices have been ransacked and whose people chased down on the streets for this unprecedented violence and cruelty.
Again they tell us that we have no right to go outside, in our own country. Stirring up and encouraging aggression and violence on the queer people, in the first place. By doing so, they try to score points with violent, aggressive, ultra-right, fundamentalist groups and somehow not hold them accountable. I am not even talking about the responsibility of the Patriarchate – it is completely removed from the narrative.
We were beaten, chased, killed by the people that were instigated by the Patriarchate and the ultra-right media, and we are the ones to blame again.
The culprit is the victim in this country! as always!
I ask everyone to raise their voice and stand with us. We are full-fledged, proud citizens of this country and no one has the right to blame us for their actions! You can not do that! can not!”
