Xenophobia

Politicians

Georgia and the World, March 11,
Vazha Otarashvili, Alliance of Patriots: "We are a nation reduced to two and a half million people, to which the UN says that in just 20-30 years we will not exist anymore. Look at what is happening in our neighborhood - the population of Armenia and Azerbaijan is constantly growing. I am not even saying anything about the fact that the number of ethnic minorities is increasing geometrically within Georgia. "

Mtavari, Gamis Mtavari, March 3, 
Shalva Natelashvili, Labour Party: “3 million Georgians, less than 3 million Georgians are left, how can we withstand  80 million Iranians… In this small country 134 thousand real estates are registered on Iranians and Arabs. How can we withstand the expansion of half a billion Indians and Pakistanis, In a short period we will be wiped out. Just as old Europeans and the Iberians, were wiped out. Iberians were wiped out by the Indo-Europeans, who came from India and Iran.”

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Media

Sakinform, March 2,
Arno Khidirbegishvili, Editor-in-Chief of Sakinform: "For three years now, the leader of the Georgian March Sandro Bregadze and I, have been making every effort to drastically reduce the influx of migrants from the East - Chinese and Syrians, Iranians and Iraqis, then Indians and Turks. There was no Covid 19 at that time  - we were afraid of the infiltration of terrorists, and, as the tragic events on Beri Gabriel Salosi Street in Tbilisi showed us that we had good reason to be afraid."

Georgia and the World, March 3,
Darejan Andriadze, author: "The way things are going  ... Georgians will become a minority in Georgia. These people of colour will first settle on our land, then multiply, become stronger, come to power and sit on top of us like a Jakho. In front of us, we have the Document - UN "Migrant Pact", which Georgian state joined on December 10, 2018. According to this pact, the Georgian government, without asking acted on behalf of the Georgian people, undertook the responsibility to relocate an unlimited number of Africans from the poorest countries of Asia and Africa. These countries are Angola, Nigeria, Somalia, Afghanistan, Iraq, Yemen, Libya, etc." 

Civil society organizations

Asaval-Dasavali, March 30 - April 5
Nikoloz Mzhvanadze, Human Rights Defenders Union: “ They say the majority of the population in Marneuli is Muslim and it is unacceptable for the Diocese of the Orthodox Church to be financed from the central budget! In this case, Mikeladze was also supported by Azerbaijani non-governmental organizations operating in Kvemo Kartli, which Mikeladze has been training " for a long time he also directs Georgia's enemies on where and how to attack our country. "

Society

Asaval-Dasavali, March 30 - April 5
Anzor Japaridze, viticulturist: “If I want to put a crucifix on Georgian land, if I want to build a church will do so and I will not ask permission from the Azerbaijanis, the Persians or the Ottomans! The status of ecclesiastical villages must be established in Georgia so that this land will not fall into the hands of foreigners! ”

Mtavari Arkhi, Post Factum, March 29,
Maguli Khutsishvili, FACEBOOK user: “Arrest those who do not obey the law, these Tatars are over the line! Take strict measures for the population of Marneuli! 

Turkophobia

Politicians

Asaval-Dasavali, March 2-8
Teimuraz Shashiashvili, White Movement: “I have been in Adjara these days and the situation there is dire - the force coming from outside is dominating! The solution is simple - The President should pursue a policy full of dignity and declare - "Turks in Georgia will have the same rights as Georgians in Turkey!"

Media

Georgia and the World, March 3,
Davit Mkheidze, author: "Which strategic ally and friend are you talking about? Is it Turkey which has   1/3 of Georgia's territories occupied? Against whom are you being friendly with Turkey? Against orthodox Russia wich using its soldiers and ammunition returned the region of Adjara to Georgia?   

Discrimination on religious grounds

Media

Georgia and the World, March 25,
Editorial: “The indigenous population of European countries are being actively Islamized without using any violence. Europeans voluntarily become followers of Islam. The reason is the degradation of morality in old Europe and North America. Polygamy, pedophilia, non-traditional sexual orientation, violence, and other grave sins are not uncommon among worshipers of the Catholic and Christian Protestant denominations." 

Homophobia

Politicians

Georgia and the World, March 11,
Vazha Otarashvili, Alliance of Patriots: "First, what does this term homophobia mean, why am I obliged to be positive towards sick people?  Secondly  Is there a bigger phobia and hate speech then being left without a choice and being told to except sodomy as a norm. Yes, Sodom - it is not only a violation of sexual self-consciousness, not only sickness and falling out of all norms, but also the gravest sin."

Media

Georgia and the World, March 11,
Jaba Zhvania, journalist: “Recently Ombutsmens special report harshly criticized the fact that state medical university students are taught with textbooks containing “discriminatory content” towards sexual minorities. The issue is that one of the textbooks defines sodomy as a violation of sexual self-consciousness, and abortion - as evil. What do you think about all this? What is going on in our education system?

Sakinform, March 23,
Arno Khidirbegishvili, Editor-in-Chief of Sakinform: "In the USSR, homosexuality, and prostitution were not encouraged by the society as it is today, but condemned, so these events took place underground and were not demonstratively open. It's not a secret that Ignoring the rules of hygiene along with homosexual relations is one of the reasons for the spread of pandemic”

Clergy

Netgazeti, March 29
Shio Mujiri, cleric: "This [coronavirus] is primarily apostasy, for forgetting the God… These are the sins of our nation such as infanticide, abortions, such as the declaration of Sodomy as a norm, and so on. Is not it the time to think about whether this is the reason for such a total spread of this virus. Why are you saying all this ?! I repeat the perception of all this has two layers one is material, the physiological and the other is spiritual. We have to think about both. "

Anti-Western sentiments

Politicians

Georgia and the World, March 11,
Vazha Otarashvili, Patriots Alliance: "It appears that students will be taught that there are not two sexes in nature - male and female, but more than 40; when a person is born, he does not have sex yet and he/she decides later in life whether their sex is male or female. This idea will be delivered in the form of academic literature and whole generations will grow with this “knowledge.” Now imagine the level of doctors and medical staff a country will have in the near future when [Nino] Lomjaria-like numerical agents decide which textbooks will be taught at the medical university.  Lomjalia along with co-workers write reports after report to their western bosses while sitting in their offices. They are pests."

Gender Stereotipes

Clergy

Georgia and the World, March 25,
Giorgi Razmadze, clergyman: "As for the clergymen who say that the service in the churches should be stopped, I think such clergymen have no moral right to be priests. Take a look at the priests who are saying that. Those whose wives have been spoiled and children are standing on podiums half-naked.   I have been silent about this until now, but I repeat: a man who has not been able to take care of his own family has no right to read morals to others and teach them how to behave."