1 year agoThe police, today more in numbers than before, arrest people in groups. Those detained are brutally beaten in detention cars as reported by those released already. It counts as torture really. Water cannons and tear gases are now in use too
1 year agoSpecial forces have just dispersed protesters from area in front of Parliament, using water cannons and tear gas canisters, and arrested some. They are now on Rustaveli Avenue, apparently preparing for further dispersal. Protesters moved towards Republic Square
1 year agoWater canons are being used against peaceful protesters at Rustaveli avenue. Photo: Guram Muradov/Civil.ge
1 year agoRiot police again pouring streams of water at protesters from inside the parliament. Water cannons also mobilized, and protesters occasionally fire fireworks at the parliament
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze agrees to hold talks with two former ministers and an opposition party on the country's European course, after days of increasingly tense protests by opposition supporters
1 year agoPolice again started using water from firetrucks against protesters. "Returning Abkhazia lies within Euro intergration" ,banner says
1 year agoRustaveli Avenue blocked, protest rally begins
1 year agoAnother day of protests in Kutaisi, western Georgia, where demonstrators blocked traffic in central streets. Video shows students from Kutaisi International University, founded in 2020 by GD leader Bidzina Ivanishvili, joining rally after going on strike. Iliko Natsvaladze
1 year agoThe Constitutional Court of Georgia has rejected a constitutional complaints by the President and 10th-convocation opposition MPs seeking to annul the election results.The ruling, issued on November 29, was published on December 3
1 year agoA group of Georgians have assembled outside a police department in Tbilisi’s Dighomi District to express solidarity with detained protesters reportedly still held there, and to call for their release
PM Kobakhidze praises Interior Ministry and its handling of protests
Georgia’s Health Ministry has reported that during last night’s protests in Tbilisi, their Emergency Situation Coordination and Urgent Assistance Centre hospitalised 23 protesters and 3 employees of the Interior Ministry
Data Kharaishvili was beaten by the police this morning in the police car following his arrest. He suffered a broken eyeball, a broken nose, and a concussion
The Abkhazian parliament voted against ratifying the investment agreement with Russia, which caused opposition protests and the resignation of Aslan Bzhania
1 year agoAt 6 am protesters decide to relocate to Chavchavadze avenue near the Tbilisi State University
1 year agoProtesters at the end of the Rustaveli ave are moving forward, closer to the parliament building
1 year agoIt’s midnight in Tbilisi. Riot police are stationed near the Marriott hotel, protesters are stretching across Rustaveli avenue. Tear gas is being deployed nonstop and is sensed throughout the entire area
1 year agoRiot police are facing groups of protesters from two sides. Protesters fire fireworks while police shoot tear gas grenades. Nini Gabritchidze/Civil.ge
1 year agoTbilisi: Special forces used tear gas canisters against protesters
1 year ago22:05 - Tbilisi As police began cracking down on the rally, some protesters gathered near Kashueti Church, with a clergyman standing before them
1 year agoNationwide protests are happening today in at least half of Georgia’s cities and towns. Here’s the full list: Batumi, Kobuleti, Ozurgeti, Lanchkhuti, Chokhatauri, Poti, Zugdidi, Chkhorotsku, Tsalenjikha, Martvili, Jvari, Kutaisi, Kharagauli, Tkibuli, Dmanisi, Borjomi, Akhaltsikhe, Khashuri, Dusheti, Gori, Kareli, Telavi, Lagodekhi, Gurjaani, Kvareli, Akhmeta, Rustavi, and Tbilisi. Video shows demonstrations in Tsalenjikha, via Daitove
The Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association (GYLA) said that most of the detainees arrested during last night's protest were severely beaten and have 'fractures of the nose and jaw concussions, multiple bruises, hematomas'.
1 year agoHundreds of demonstrators have gathered in Zugdidi in western Georgia, calling on people to join their protest.
At around 19:15 shortly after rally started near parliament building, riot police started to disperse the rally with water cannons from inside the parliament building
1 year agoThousands of protesters have gathered in Tbilisi for a fifth night of protests. Police have reportedly already used fire hoses and tear gas to disperse protesters in front of the parliament building on Rustaveli Avenue.
1 year agoProfessors and students of Tbilisi's Ilia State University are now marching towards the parliament. It's the fifth day of fierce and non-stop nationwide protests against Georgian Dream's announcement to freeze EU accession
1 year agoTbilisi university students marching on Chavchavadze avenue
Georgian police have briefly detained Zurab Japaridze, one of the leaders of the opposition group the Coalition for Change and founder of the Girchi — More Freedom party, during protests in Tbilisi
1 year agoBatumi State University students go on strike. Both the Batumi protests and the police presence there are larger than ever
On the morning of December 2, during a raid at Rustaveli Metro station, journalist Giorgi Chagelishvili of Mautskebeli was arrested
Students from public schools across Georgia are on strike, refusing to attend classes in protest
