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Georgian March
Georgian March (Georgian: ქართული მარში, romanized: kartuli marshi, GM) is a far-right political party and social movement in Georgia. It was founded as an NGO in 2017 following the protests of the same name and transformed into a political party in 2020 ahead of the parliamentary election in the same year. The party is led by Sandro Bregadze.
Georgian March was formed as a nativist social movement for the purpose of furthering anti-immigration legislation. It was primarily known for its rallies and protests. It notably staged an anti-immigration rally on Tbilisi's David Agmashenebeli Avenue in 2017 and took part in the 2018 Georgian protests against the drug liberalization. In the 2020 Georgian parliamentary election, the party received only 0.3% of vote, after which its activities subsided. In 2022, the Georgian March aligned itself with the Alliance of Patriots of Georgia by joining the APG-led United Front of Georgian Patriots.
Georgian March was founded in April 2017 as a public movement. It was formed as a response to the highly publicized child abuse case by an Iranian citizen. It started as an informal union of several loosely-aligned groups united to rally for anti-immigration legislation. The head of the "Nationalists" movement Sandro Bregadze, who had previously served in the government of the ruling Georgian Dream Party as Deputy Minister of Diaspora Issues from 2014 to 2016, became the movement's leader.
The movement organized its first "March of Georgians" demonstration on 14 July on the Tbilisi's David Agmashenebeli Avenue and it was attended by several thousands of people. The rally received support from the Alliance of Patriots party, with its MP Emzar Kvitsiani taking part in the demonstration. It was also joined by young people not associated with any political party or movement, as well as the neo-fascist Georgian National Unity group. The rally has been described as a "turning point for Georgian neo-nationalism" and the biggest anti-immigration demonstration in the country's history. Georgian March demanded Georgian Dream government restrict the issuance of residence permits to foreign nationals and ban foreign-funded organizations, in particular, George Soros's Open Society Foundations. They also condemned the "popularisation of drugs" and "LGBT propaganda".
In response to Georgian March's large anti-immigration rally in July 2017, the liberal European Georgia party branded the rally as "pro-Russian" and organised a counter-demonstration under the slogan "No to Russian Fascism". Georgian March responded by initiating a counter-protest of their own where the group physically assaulted the protestors and threw various objects such as eggs, bottles, and brooms at them, injuring several people.
On July 16, 2017, some of the Georgian March leaders were accused of making rape threats towards Tatia Dolidze, former Georgian Youth Delegate to the United Nations. The comments came after Dolidze criticized the movement. Gia Korkotashvili, one of the leaders involved in the scandal, responded by downplaying the seriousness of the comments, stating that they were just profane expressions and not threats.
In October 2017, Georgian March organized protests against the Georgia national football team captain Guram Kashia for wearing an LGBT armband during his match in Dutch club Vitesse Arnhem, calling the Georgian Football Federation to cut him off the national team. Additionally, the group stormed the football match between Georgian and Belarus in Kutaisi in further protest of the matter and burned the LGBT flags, demanding the expulsion of Kashia from the Georgian football team.
In February 2018, Georgian March announced the creation of the "citizen patrol". The purpose of the patrol was to identify breaches of the law by foreigners and hand them over to the police, with the movement justifying their actions by stating that the "Ministry of Internal Affairs is unable to prevent foreign criminals and terrorists from entering the country". In December 2018, following the decision by the Georgian Constitutional Court to lift a ban on foreign citizens buying agricultural land in Georgia, a protest was held by Georgian March and other nationalist groups in front of the Justice House building, where the protestors blocked the entrances.
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Georgian March
Georgian March (Georgian: ქართული მარში, romanized: kartuli marshi, GM) is a far-right political party and social movement in Georgia. It was founded as an NGO in 2017 following the protests of the same name and transformed into a political party in 2020 ahead of the parliamentary election in the same year. The party is led by Sandro Bregadze.
Georgian March was formed as a nativist social movement for the purpose of furthering anti-immigration legislation. It was primarily known for its rallies and protests. It notably staged an anti-immigration rally on Tbilisi's David Agmashenebeli Avenue in 2017 and took part in the 2018 Georgian protests against the drug liberalization. In the 2020 Georgian parliamentary election, the party received only 0.3% of vote, after which its activities subsided. In 2022, the Georgian March aligned itself with the Alliance of Patriots of Georgia by joining the APG-led United Front of Georgian Patriots.
Georgian March was founded in April 2017 as a public movement. It was formed as a response to the highly publicized child abuse case by an Iranian citizen. It started as an informal union of several loosely-aligned groups united to rally for anti-immigration legislation. The head of the "Nationalists" movement Sandro Bregadze, who had previously served in the government of the ruling Georgian Dream Party as Deputy Minister of Diaspora Issues from 2014 to 2016, became the movement's leader.
The movement organized its first "March of Georgians" demonstration on 14 July on the Tbilisi's David Agmashenebeli Avenue and it was attended by several thousands of people. The rally received support from the Alliance of Patriots party, with its MP Emzar Kvitsiani taking part in the demonstration. It was also joined by young people not associated with any political party or movement, as well as the neo-fascist Georgian National Unity group. The rally has been described as a "turning point for Georgian neo-nationalism" and the biggest anti-immigration demonstration in the country's history. Georgian March demanded Georgian Dream government restrict the issuance of residence permits to foreign nationals and ban foreign-funded organizations, in particular, George Soros's Open Society Foundations. They also condemned the "popularisation of drugs" and "LGBT propaganda".
In response to Georgian March's large anti-immigration rally in July 2017, the liberal European Georgia party branded the rally as "pro-Russian" and organised a counter-demonstration under the slogan "No to Russian Fascism". Georgian March responded by initiating a counter-protest of their own where the group physically assaulted the protestors and threw various objects such as eggs, bottles, and brooms at them, injuring several people.
On July 16, 2017, some of the Georgian March leaders were accused of making rape threats towards Tatia Dolidze, former Georgian Youth Delegate to the United Nations. The comments came after Dolidze criticized the movement. Gia Korkotashvili, one of the leaders involved in the scandal, responded by downplaying the seriousness of the comments, stating that they were just profane expressions and not threats.
In October 2017, Georgian March organized protests against the Georgia national football team captain Guram Kashia for wearing an LGBT armband during his match in Dutch club Vitesse Arnhem, calling the Georgian Football Federation to cut him off the national team. Additionally, the group stormed the football match between Georgian and Belarus in Kutaisi in further protest of the matter and burned the LGBT flags, demanding the expulsion of Kashia from the Georgian football team.
In February 2018, Georgian March announced the creation of the "citizen patrol". The purpose of the patrol was to identify breaches of the law by foreigners and hand them over to the police, with the movement justifying their actions by stating that the "Ministry of Internal Affairs is unable to prevent foreign criminals and terrorists from entering the country". In December 2018, following the decision by the Georgian Constitutional Court to lift a ban on foreign citizens buying agricultural land in Georgia, a protest was held by Georgian March and other nationalist groups in front of the Justice House building, where the protestors blocked the entrances.