Georgian police have prevented protesters from blocking Rustaveli Avenue for the first time in almost a year of daily anti-government protests
One detained as Tbilisi protests continue
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Rusudan Kobakhidze, 65, a historian, researcher, and teacher, was arrested "for blocking" Rustaveli Avenue
1 month agoFormula TV journalist Liza Tsitsishvili was reporting on Rustaveli Street when she was arrested. She was released a few minutes later
Rustaveli Avenue has now been blocked for the 343rd consecutive night, despite mass arrests and administrative and criminal sentences for “blocking the road.”
The European Commission has delivered its visa liberalisation plan to Armenia, setting the stage for the country to eventually acquire visa-free status to the EU
A Tbilisi court has fined and sentenced residents detained during a protest outside the parliament building to administrative arrest. Zurab Menteshashvili, 71, charged with blocking a road, has been remanded in custody
1 month agoProtests continue in Georgia
1 month agoJournalist Ninia Kakabadze, editor-in-chief of MediaChecker, an online outlet operating under the Charter of Journalistic Ethics of, has been arrested on Rustaveli Ave. Kakabadze was working on site and was wearing a press badge at the time of her detention
1 month agoA series of arbitrary arrests are taking place on Rustaveli Avenue after protesters blocked the street for the 341st consecutive day
1 month agoPolice have arrested two elderly women, Aza Chilachava, an IDP from Abkhazia, and Maia Sulaberidze for participating in the Georgia Protests
1 month agoFormer senior Georgian diplomat, former Director of the Department of Euro-Atlantic Integration of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was arrested by the Georgian Dream police for “blocking the street” - that is joining the uninterrupted protest
1 month agoMinister of Internal Affairs of Georgia, Geka Geladze, met with the Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China, Zhou Qian, to discuss the strategic partnership and growing cooperation between their law enforcement agencies
1 month agoRustaveli Avenue is blocked again
Georgian Dream has filed a constitutional lawsuit seeking to ban three of the biggest opposition parties and coalitions: UNM Georgia, Coalition for Change, and Lelo – Strong Georgia
Georgian protesters have blocked the Rustaveli Avenue for the 335th consecutive day, risking jail time (15 days for the first 'offense' and up to two years for repeated 'offenses')
1 month agoNika Kvitatiani (right), member of @CoalitionGEO, has been detained for "closing the road
Georgian Dream Interior Ministry has confirmed detaining 60 protesters over the three days for what it described as “violations of public assembly and demonstration rules.” The ministry urged citizens to refrain from what it called “illegal actions”
Prominent protest participant Nadim Khmaladze was violently assaulted late Sunday night, sustaining head injuries after being attacked by several unidentified men
Georgia’s fifth president, Salome Zourabichvili, declared that the ruling Georgian Dream government “has already lost” and called on citizens to persevere through the final stretch of their resistance
1 month agoProtesters have arrived on Rustaveli Avenue after marching from Republic Square, marking the 333rd consecutive day of non-stop Georgia Protests.
The Interior Ministry said 60 people were arrested over the past three days for protest-related offenses, mainly for blocking the road, as daily rallies on Tbilisi’s Rustaveli Avenue continue
Protesters blocked Rustaveli again. GeorgiaProtsests Day 332
1 month agoFormula TV’s founder, director, and producer Giorgi Liponava has also been arrested for participating in the Georgia Protests. Three of Formula’s journalists, Vakho Sanaia, Keta Tsitskishvili, and Tsira Zhvania, have likewise been detained on the same charges
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1 month agoToday, police are carrying out mass arrests of those who participated in yesterday’s GeorgiaProtests. Among those detained is Tengo Kirtadze, one of the leaders of the @FederalistsGEO party
1 month agoPolice arrested member of @DroaParty Natia Letodiani for participating in GeorgiaProtests. Leader of her party, @Helenkhosh is also arrested. Leaders of the coalition her party is in, are also arrested - three of them
1 month agoDespite 70 people arrested in the past few days, Rustaveli is again blocked on 330th day of protest
1 month agoDay 330 of Tbilisi Protests High turnout on Rustaveli Avenue tonight despite mass arrests yesterday. Day 330 of uninterrupted protests in 8 cities across Georgia
