4 months agoRustaveli Avenue has been secured by police forces after the remaining few protesters were brutally beaten and arrested. Protests will continue tomorrow
4 months ago01:00 - Protesters are building barricades on Rustaveli Avenue, Tbilisi
4 months agoRiot police have begun cracking down on protesters on Rustaveli Ave, Tbilisi using tear gas and pepper spray to push them away from the Parliament building. However, protesters are returning toward Parliament as soon as the use of gas and spray subsides
4 months agoDrone video of demonstrators in Tbilisi this evening- one days after riot police violently dispersed protesters. By @RTavisupleba
4 months agoFrance urges Georgia to 'respect right to peaceful protest' amid crackdown
4 months agoMariam Gaprindashvili, prominent Georgian investigative reporter of TV Pirveli is seen unconscious with injuries on head as Police cracks down on protest second night in a row
4 months agoProtesters respond with fireworks to water cannons in Tbilisi
4 months agoGeorgian police violently dispersing the protest in Tbilisi again
4 months agoTbilisi: Special forces used tear gas, pepper spray, and water cannons against peaceful demonstrators, but protest continues
4 months agoThe situation on the street next to Parliament grew tense as special forces issued a warning signal, typically preceding the use of water cannons
4 months agoThe situation is getting tense as riot police and protesters now throw eggs, plastic water bottles and paint at each other at the Zubalashvilebi street adjacent to the Parliament. The water canons are mobilized nearby
4 months agoPeople in Batumi climbed into the City Hall/City Assembly and made it European again.
4 months agoWater cannons and riot police were deployed to Freedom Square. In front of the parliament, citizens are protesting Georgian Dream's decision to halt negotiations on EU accession
4 months agoProtests against Georgia’s halted EU accession have entered their second day. Demonstrations are taking place not only in Tbilisi but also across multiple regions. Riot police are massively mobilized near Georgian parliament building after last night’s brutal dispersal
4 months agoU.S. Amb to Georgia: “Overnight, we all witnessed police violence against detained protesters and journalists. I call on the government to respect the rights of Georgian citizens to peacefully protest and to respect the freedom of the press to cover the protests unmolested” Statement by U.S. Ambassador To Georgia Robin L. Dunnigan
4 months agoThe Media Ombudsman of Georgia has condemned the violent crackdown on peaceful protesters in downtown Tbilisi, during which over 20 journalists were reportedly injured
4 months agoGeorgian Ministry of Defense employees have issued the letter of protest, with more than 40 signatories already All the main private universities have closed down in protest as well
4 months ago“I thank the MIA and police for preventing violence and restoring order on Rustaveli Ave,” - Kobakhidze. On Nov. 29, at 7AM, special forces dispersed anti-Russian rally in Tbilisi, arresting participants. Citizens were protesting government halting EU membership bid
4 months agoAt least 43 people have been arrested in Georgia following protests against the decision to postpone its accession to the EU
4 months agoUniversities in Georgia are suspending studies in protest of the government course.The University of Georgia says "we believe that today everyone's primary duty is to return Georgia to the path of the European future"
4 months agoThe Georgian Ambassador to the Republic of Bulgaria has just resigned in protest against the country’s changing foreign policy
4 months agoThe police chased the remaining participants of the anti-Russian protest on Rustaveli Avenue and physically assaulted those who had taken shelter in a pharmacy
4 months agoProtesters are not leaving and are erecting barricades on Rustaveli avenue and bracing for another cruel wave of dispersal with water cannons and allegedly gas spray, or some kind of chemical irritant. video: Nini Gabritchidze/civil.ge
4 months agoRiot police used pepper spray and water cannons to disperse protesters, but they are still holding their ground on Rustaveli Avenue, setting up barricades and lighting fires
4 months agoThe brutal dispersal started on Rustaveli avenue. Unidentified people in black overalls, helmets and gas masks are operating in front of the riot police line, chasing and beating peaceful protesters. Meanwhile the water cannons are blasting the water, mixed with unidentified substance
4 months agoSeveral protesters were injured in standoff with police near Parliament of Georgia
4 months agoStandoff between riot police and protesters near the parliament continues. The street lights have been switched off. Police regularly use pepper spray and throw gas canisters. People are chanting: "Sakartvelo." ("Georgia.")
4 months agoSpecial forces equipped with new water cannon cars are moving towards Rustaveli avenue
4 months agoGovernment started arresting protesters, used gas
4 months agoEmployees of Georgia's Foreign Ministry, with 44 signatures, have issued a joint statement denouncing the decision to delay EU accession talks until 2028, asserting that it contradicts Article 78 of the Georgian Constitution
4 months agoSituation in Tbilisi now: some are trying to break barrier, some climb inside, some clash with police on side streets, some threw some construction out
4 months agoThe President @Zourabichvili_S has walked to the special forces preparing to advance against protesters and is now talking to them. She asks them whether they had vowed to protect Georgia and Georgians or Russia, and demands they think of the future of their children
4 months agoSituation is still tense on the right side of the parliament, police are flashing a strong light against protesters as they flash green lasers at the police. People keep chanting “Russians”
4 months agoPresident Salome Zourabichvili joined the protest
4 months agoClashes with police now in Tbilisi
4 months agoSide streets near the Parliament building are blocked by police, and clashes between protesters and police are occurring from time to time.
4 months agoThings are getting tense on Chichinadze Street, by the parliament, as the standoff between protesters and police heats up, with both sides pushing against each other. Photo: Nini Gabritchidze/Civil.ge
4 months agoCitizens gathered in front of Parliament and raised the EU flag nearby
4 months agoProtesters have printed Putin’s statement where he praised GD and are holding them in front of the police, urging them to take people’s side and not Russian