Georgian Speaker Signs Law Curbing LGBT Rights After President Refuses To

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10/03/2024

Georgian parliament speaker Shalva Papuashvili on October 3 signed into law a bill that rights groups, the opposition, and the international community say drastically curbs the rights of the country’s LGBT community. Papuashvili, of the ruling Georgian Dream party and a co-sponsor of the bill, endorsed the bill after President Salome Zurabishvili on October 2 refused to sign it and returned it to parliament, in accordance to the provisions of the Georgian Constitution. The so-called “family values” bill was pushed through parliament by Georgian Dream on September 17 in an 84-0 vote, which was boycotted by the opposition while rallies were being held by protesters outside the parliament building.

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