14 people were detained under administrative rules for blocking a road on Rustaveli Avenue yesterday, October 18. The Ministry of Internal Affairs said that measures will be taken against 13 more individuals. Still, today, Rustaveli is blocked again
Formula TV presenter and journalist Vakho Sanaia has been arrested for allegedly taking part in yesterday’s protest rally on Rustaveli Avenue, as newly adopted draconian laws restricting freedom of assembly even more severely come into force
1 month agoPolice arrested Nino Svanidze near her home today and took her to the station. Yesterday, she was stopped on Rustaveli Avenue and now faces up to 15 days in detention for wearing a scarf while walking on the sidewalk
Demonstrators on Rustaveli Ave briefly blocked the road but reopened it after a warning from the MIA.The MIA said the road was “artificially blocked”. Under new restrictive laws, blocking roads can now lead to 15 days of arrest
The student movement at Ilia State University announced a protest outside the Ministry of Education on October 20. The students responded to the education reforms announced by Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze with a joint statement
1 month agoProtesters again block Tbilisi's Rustaveli Avenue in first rally after new laws took force introducing jail time for protest-related offences, and despite police warnings to identify and punish protesters who disobey. Day 324 of GeorgiaProtests Nini Gabritchidze/Civil.ge
GD has arrested a few more people for “participating in the October 4 protest.” One of them is Mariam Mekantsishvili, a single mother who spoke with Elina Valtonen on Rustaveli Street a few days ago
The Georgian Parliament has adopted tougher protest laws, increasing fines, allowing immediate detention, and introducing prison terms for repeat protest-related offenses. Civil society groups warn the move aims to “ban peaceful protest.”
1 month agoFinnish Foreign Minister and OSCE head Elina Valtonen has been fined $1,800 by Georgian authorities for 'blocking the road' after visiting protesters in Tbilisi
1 month agoKobakhidze states he cancelled his meeting with Elina Valtonen, OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Finland’s Foreign Minister, after she joined the GeorgiaProtests last night. His administration has also dismissed her criticism as “lies.” @elinavaltonen @OSCE
The ruling Georgian Dream party has proposed a new bill that would tighten the already restrictive legislation governing protests by abolishing fines and introducing direct imprisonment
Georgia’s State Security Service announced it has launched an investigation into an alleged “sabotage” following a report from the pro-Georgian Dream channel Imedi TV, which said it went off air for 45 minutes in a possible "criminal act."
Georgian Dream PM Irakli Kobakhidze met with Belarusian Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Nikolai Rogashchuk
1 month ago“Georgia cannot be captured.”Protesters march towards Rustaveli Avenue, blocked for the 319th consecutive day
Tbilisi Mayor Kakha Kaladze has announced intentions to rehabilitate the central Rustaveli Avenue after the upcoming New Year’s celebrations. The avenue has been the centre of daily anti-government protests, which have continued for over 300 days
I hope we have turned this page(with shooting down the Azerbaijani plane) and will move on – Putin on relations with Azerbaijan.
The 28 year old son of an Armenian parliament member from the opposition ARF has died in the Russo-Ukrainian war. An army doctor in Russia, he will be buried in Vanadzor tomorrow
The MIA of Georgia arrested 8 more people in connection with the October 4th protest case. The total number of detainees has reached 44. The MIA stated that 4 individuals are fugitives. One of those arrested is 71 y/o pediatrician Giorgi Chakhunashvili
1 month agoGeorgia: Many activists are being arrested right now
Rustaveli Avenue is blocked for the 316th night in a row
Georgian poet Zviad Ratiani has been sentenced to two years in prison on charges of slapping a police officer during a protest
Putin says Russian air defenses were responsible for downing an Azerbaijani jetliner last year, killing 38 people
Putin and Aliyev met at the Kokhi Somon residence in Dushanbe.
Two days after PM Kobakhidze declared ‘zero sympathy’ for Tbilisi’s daily anti-govt protests, turnout at the nightly march grew. ‘We are here, we are fighting, we have not been defeated.’
Georgia’s Interior Ministry has announced the arrest of five more individuals in connection with the 4 October anti-government protest in Tbilisi, bringing the official number of detainees in the case to 23
1 month agoPolice in Tbilisi have ordered protesters to clear the city’s central Rustaveli Avenue, after the prime minister threatened to take a ‘methodical approach’ to ending the daily demonstrations blocking the road. After protesters refused, police withdrew
1 month agoOn the 314th day of continuous protests, Rustaveli remains blocked. No police are on the scene. Unlike before, the Ministry of Internal Affairs hasn’t cordoned off the road
1 month agoPolice appeared on Rustaveli twice, calling on citizens to open the road. However, the protesters refused to comply
1 month agoPolice tries to reopen the closed Rustaveli Avenue. Earlier, bottles were thrown at protesters from a passing truck
PM Kobakhidze threatens the daily Rustaveli protesters.The Georgian Dream Prime Minister said that there would be "zero empathy." "Let them wait for our methodical and systematic steps. Of course, we will not give anyone, especially 100 or 150 people, the opportunity to commit violence against 4 million people. Of course, we will not allow this. When 100 shameless foreign agents come out and commit violence against 4 million people, their economy, their national interests, of course, we cannot allow this under any circumstances.
