Annual report of the Media Development Foundation: “Hate speech – 2019”
Tbilisi. Present study of the Media Development Foundation reflects results of media monitoring conducted within a period from January 1 to December 31, 2019.
“Compared to the previous year, the number of homophobic statements has sharply increased. Both the media and “Georgian March”, an anti-liberal group, attempted to link an anti-occupation rally of June 20 to a gay pride and an LGBT community. There were spread speculations as if at the anti-occupation rally resignation of Prime Minister Gakharia was demanded by nationalists and “pederasts”. The largest share of xenophobic messages comes from comments with anti-migrant content, which is followed by Turkophobic statements. Among political parties hate speech was most frequently used by members of the “Alliance of Patriots”, which, along with “TV Obiektivi”, was the main source of Turkophobic messages”.
Source: mdfgeorgia.ge
