Protesters rally in Zugdidi after woman killed on Tbilisi public transport
Sopho Kvaratskhelia, 31, was fatally stabbed in the throat by her husband in the incident, with their children accompanying them on transport. The assailant was arrested by police on the spot.Photo:IPN.ge
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Protesters in western Georgia’s city of Zugdidi on Sunday held a rally against femicide after a woman was killed by her husband on public transport in capital Tbilisi.
In a silent performance, the women’s rights activists responded to the incident on Saturday, with Eto Almasia, the founder of the Women’s Association ‘Chamomile,’ saying the case of femicide was not “the first one in Georgia, or in the world”.
Almasia said the protest was held to uphold the “inviolable right of women's lives”.
Sopho Kvaratskhelia, 31, was fatally stabbed in the throat by her husband in the incident, with their children accompanying them on transport. The assailant was arrested by police on the spot.
Police have detained Elchin Aliyev for killing his ex-wife and father-in-law and wounding two other family members in the Georgian town of Marneuli.
Despite the crisis caused by the coronavirus, the Georgian government is continuing to pursue a strict policy against domestic violence and violence against women.
Public Defender Nino Lomjaria has released the report on human rights, which reads that 151 women have been killed on the basis of gender and domestic violence over the past five years in Georgia.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia says that people phone police for family violence cases more frequently than in previous years. The Deputy Interior Minister of Georgia Natia Mezvrishvili said that several police officers have been dismissed for committing domestic violence.
The prosecutor general’s office of Georgia has invited artists, sculptors and photographers from across the country to submit works to a competition dedicated to combating femicide and violence against women.