The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has called the violence that took place in the streets of Tbilisi on 17 May, 2013, against protesters for the protection of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people “unprecedented” and ordered Georgia to pay 193,500 Euros for homophobia as the violence occurred on the International Day of Homophobia and Transphobia, in, “with the tacit consent of the Georgian authorities.”

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) called the violence that took place on the streets of Tbilisi on 17 May 2013 against pro-lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) protesters “unprecedented” and ordered Georgia to pay € 193,500 for homophobia, because the violence happened on the “International Day of Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia” with the tacit consent of the Georgian authorities.”

Aliq.ge news site informed.

“The court, in particular, found that the Georgian authorities did not take measures to protect LGBT protesters from the crowd. In addition, there is evidence, particularly the videos of independent journalists, confirming that the authorities did not intervene in the violence,” the European Court of Human Rights said in a statement.

It should be noted that on 17 May, 2013, the International Day of Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia”, a number of members of the LGBT community and activists were protesting in Pushkin Square in Tbilisi, but met with resistance from extremist groups led by clergy. Several protesters were injured during the clashes, to which the police did not respond.

International and local human rights organizations emphasize that the violence on 17 May, 2013 was conditioned by impunity.