Tbilisi. On May 28, 2013, by the initiative of  non-government organizations "Identity”, "Women’s Initiatives Supporting Group”, "Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association” and with the support of the Public Defender the  working meeting was held with  the head of Tbilisi Main Division of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia, Mr. Alexander Chikaidze and  the deputy head of the above division, Mr. Nika Samarghanishvili.  The facts of intensified abuse and violence towards the members of the LGBT community taking place after May 17 were discussed at the  meeting. The participants of the meeting  discussed strengthening of efficiency of  law enforcement  officials and development of effective intervention strategies. Attention was focused on the need of identification of  hate crimes and increase of the referral to police by  LGBT community representatives.

Source:ombudsman.ge