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Tbilisi: Special forces used tear gas canisters against protesters

22:05 - Tbilisi Poliisin alkaessa tukahduttaa mielenosoitusta, jotkut mielenosoittajat kokoontuivat Kashuetin kirkon lähelle, ja pappi seisoi heidän edessään.

Valtakunnallisia mielenosoituksia tapahtuu tänään ainakin puolessa Georgian kaupungeista. Tässä on koko lista: Batumi, Kobuleti, Ozurgeti, Lanchkhuti, Chokhatauri, Poti, Zugdidi, Chkhorotsku, Tsalenjikha, Martvili, Jvari, Kutaisi, Kharagauli, Tkibuli, Dmanisi, Borjomi, Akhaltsikhe, Khashuri, Lagoteliek, Tel Gorhi,, Gurjaani, Kvareli, Akhmeta, Rustavi ja Tbilisi. Video näyttää mielenosoituksia Tsalenjikhassa Daitoven kautta

Georgian Young Lawyers' Association (GYLA) sanoi, että suurin osa eilisen mielenosoituksen aikana pidätetyistä oli pahoinpidelty ja heillä on "nenämurtumia ja leuan aivotärähdyksiä, useita mustelmia, hematoomaa".

Hundreds of demonstrators have gathered in Zugdidi in western Georgia, calling on people to join their protest.

Noin kello 19.15 pian sen jälkeen, kun mielenosoitus alkoi eduskuntatalon lähellä, mellakkapoliisi alkoi hajottaa mielenosoitusta vesitykeillä eduskuntatalon sisältä.

Thousands 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.

Tbilisin Ilia State Universityn professorit ja opiskelijat marssivat nyt kohti parlamenttia. Nyt on viides päivä kiihkeitä ja lakkaamattomia valtakunnallisia mielenosoituksia Georgian Dreamin ilmoitusta EU-jäsenyyden jäädyttämisestä.

Tbilisin yliopiston opiskelijat marssivat Chavchavadze-kadulla

Georgian poliisi on pidättänyt lyhyesti Tbilisin mielenosoituksissa Zurab Japaridzen, yhden muutoskoalition johtajista ja Girchi — More Freedom -puolueen perustajan.

Batumin osavaltion yliopiston opiskelijat aloittavat lakon. Sekä Batumin mielenosoitukset että poliisin läsnäolo siellä ovat suurempia kuin koskaan

Mautskebelin toimittaja Giorgi Chagelishvili pidätettiin aamulla 2. joulukuuta Rustavelin metroasemalla tehdyn ratsian aikana.

Julkisten koulujen oppilaat ympäri Georgiaa ovat lakossa ja kieltäytyvät osallistumasta tunneille protestina

Mielenosoittajat viettivät neljännen yön Rustaveli-kadulla Tbilisissä. Mellakkapoliisi alkoi hajottaa väkijoukkoja kyynelkaasulla aikaisin aamulla noin kello 7.00 ja ajoi mielenosoittajia takaa 4 km

Riot police are again issuing warnings and appear to be starting a major dispersal operation on Rustaveli Avenue. Protesters again get ready by setting up barricades

President of the European Council António Costa: Had a call with @Zourabichvili_S together with @kajakallas. We condemn the violence against protestors. Actions of government run counter to the will of the people. The EU stands with the people of Georgia

Protesters launch fireworks toward the Georgian parliament building, where riot police are deployed on the stairs. The riot police are firing water cannons back at the gathered demonstrators

Gabrielius Landsbergis, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania announced on December 1, that three Baltic states – Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania “jointly agreed to impose national sanctions against those who suppressed legitimate protests in Georgia.”

Protests are announced in every major city in Georgia, including in Kutaisi and Rustavi

President @Zourabichvili_S addressed the nation, outlining the next steps in Georgia's struggle to save its European future. Protests: The ongoing protests, which are grassroots, self-organized, and spontaneous must remain independent, free from interference by political parties or the president. However, they do require support and protection. Demands: to pressure the Constitutional Court. The second demand is new elections. To restore peace and stability, the government must allow for fair and fraud-free elections.

Police dispersing protesters in Tbilisi with water cannons

Police units have appeared near the Parliament, and 2 water cannon vehicles have also been mobilized

The demonstrators blocked traffic on Kostava Street in front of the public broadcaster's building, which leads to the city's main transport hub. They had set a deadline of 19:30 for the station's management to meet with them. Photo: Otto Kantaria

For the fourth straight day and night, protesters have flooded the streets nationwide, including in front of the country’s parliament in Tbilisi

At dawn, after the police had cleared Rustaveli Avenue of protesters, citizens retreated to Tbilisi State University. The surrounding area has been blocked. The protesters are calling on people not to go to work, but to come and join them. Video: Gigi Kobakhidze/Civil.ge

Police using water cannons near the back side of the parliament building. The situation in front is more peaceful. Photo: Gigi Kobakhidze/Civil.ge

Tbilisi: The police began dispersing the demonstration using water cannons. The MIA stated that if the violence from the rally participants does not cease, they will be forced to use all special measures to end the rally. By 'all means,' they are referring to rubber bullets

A fire has broken out inside the Georgian Parliament building. Several windows have been broken on the outside, and protesters have also been launching fireworks

A drone photo shows a large section of Tbilisi's Rustaveil Avenue is currently covered by protesters. Photo: Vano Gorgishvili

Rustaveli Avenue now: the area around the parliament remains crowded and noisy on the third night of protests against Georgian Dream's foreign policy turn and police brutality. Photo: Muro Takalandze