FOR THE RECORD 2016 | 23 Some of the most alarming cases that not only point to the violence against transgender persons, but also to circumstances that make them particularly vulnerable to such violence, occurred between 2014-2016. »» A transgender woman, Sabi Beriani, was murdered in her apartment in Tbilisi on the 10th of November 2014. The perpetrator was 32-year-old Zizi Shekeladze was waiting at a bus stop sentenced to 4 years of imprisonment for setting in the capital, Tbilisi, when she was hit with a concrete the apartment on fire as he was leaving. Due to bar multiple times before her throat was cut the fact that there were no eye witnesses in this case and the perpetrator also had some injuries (allegedly resulting from the fight with the victim), the judge ruled that he killed Sabi Beriani in self-defense. The Court of Appeal unfortunately agreed with this ruling and now the prosecutor has submitted the case to the Supreme Court. »» On the 14th of October 2016 another transgender woman, Zizi Shekeladze, was brutally attacked in a cruising area in Tbilisi. After one month in a coma, she passed away in November 2016. We know little about how the investigation will proceed. It gives us hope, however, that the perpetrator was found by the police. He was denied bail and remains in police custody. »» On the 25th November 2016, a transgender sex worker was attacked and sustained injuries to her face (namely, her nose was broken) by two strangers in a cruising area. On the night of 27th November, allegedly the same men attacked five other transgender women, also in the same area. The perpetrators haven’t been identified by the police yet. This rising number of attacks, however, is alarming. Despite our active involvement and numerous letters addressing the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), we are still struggling to convince the authorities to take this issue seriously. GEORGIA was reported to the General Inspector, however, the latter did not confirm that this was inappropriate behaviour on the part of the police officers in question.