Fascist Greeting Given in Court

Members of the Neo-Nazi group National Unity of Georgia and their leader, Giorgi Chelidze, greeted each other in the hall of the Tbilisi City Court with a show of their right arm, as was done in Nazi Germany.

Chelidze was detained on September 1 on charges of illegally acquiring, storing and carrying firearms. When Chelidze entered the hall he shouted “Victory” loudly several times, raising his right hand, and his colleagues in the hall stood up raisied their hands, and answered: “Glory!”

Chelidze then sat peacefully in the dock and listened to the judge.

On Wednesday, Chelidze also claimed that a team of 16 lawyers will defend him, stating that he believes he was illegally detained.

Chelidze was detained after the publication on Facebook of two videos called “Fascist Sunday”. On one of them it was shown how members of the fascist movement conditionally sweep buildings, and on the second they demonstrate the basics of automatic firing.

By Shawn Wayne

photo: Palitra News