Alexander Lashkarava Georgia city Tbilisi President reports death Alexander Lashkarava Georgia city Tbilisi

Georgia: Thousands demand president resigns over journalist's death

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Several thousand people protested in front of the Georgian parliament on Sunday evening, demanding that the ex-Soviet nation's prime minister resign over the death of a journalist who was attacked and beaten by anti-LGBT protesters.Cameraman Alexander Lashkarava was found dead in his home by his mother earlier Sunday, according to the TV Pirveli channel he worked for.

Lashkarava was one of several dozen journalists attacked last Monday by opponents of an LGBT march that had been scheduled to take place that day in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi.Organizers of the Tbilisi March For Dignity cancelled the event, saying authorities had not provided adequate security guarantees.

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