1 week agoTbilisi: The protest rally spans from Parliament to the Rustaveli Metro
1 week agoMass protests in Batumi demanding new elections, video: @RTavisupleba
1 week agoEndless crowds on Rustaveli again, after a full day of arrests, searches, and terror. It's quite likely more people than ever before on Rustaveli
Police arrested two opposition politicians and damaged TV Pirveli camera. Arrests came after a group of thugs attacked opposition leaders meeting at a hotel
1 week agoPresident Zelensky: A report from the Chief of the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine. Budanov reported on Russia's intentions for the near future and on the situation in Syria – how a shift in the balance of power in Syria could change global developments. And a report was made on the situation in Georgia
1 week agoRiot police have lined up on Freedom Square, which usually signals they are preparing to advance, secure the parliament area and push back protesters
1 week ago"Bidzina should be sanctioned" - crowds gather for 7th day of GeorgiaProtests on Tbilisi's Rustaveli Avenue. Protesters are angrier as today's rally follows series of arrests, police raids targeting activists and opposition politicians throughout the day
President @Zourabichvili_S is summoning Koka Katsitadze, the head of the Special Investigation Service, over the violence used by police forces against protesters
Arrests in Tbilisi by now:Nika Gvaramia, leader of the “Ahali” party; Gela Khasaia, member of the Coalition for Changes; Zviad Tsetskhladze, leader of the youth movement “Dafioni”;“Lelo” members Vepkhia Kasradze and Vasil Kakhelashvili
1 week ago"The founder and leader of our youth movement, Zviad Tsetskhladze, has been arrested," student movement Daphioni reported. Today police have searched several political party offices and apartments of protesters today, arresting opposition and protest figures
1 week agoThree detained after Gvaramia and Khasaia: opposition leader Saba Buadze claims Lelo members were arrested after Imedi TV alleged violent plans and anti-government group Dapioni reports their founder was also detained
The wave of repression by the authorities continues as two representatives of the Strong Georgia Coalition - Vepkhvia Kasradze and Vaso Kabelashvili - have also been detained by police
One of the leaders of Coalition for Change, Nika Gvaramia, has been detained by police. He had requested that police allow him to enter the coalition's office which was being searched
The police violently arrested @NikaGvaramia212, one of the leaders of the @CoalitionGEO. It happened while Gvaramia was protesting the police search of coalition member 'Girchi-Droa' office
1 week agoGeorgian police are reportedly attempting to search the offices of opposition parties. ‘Investigative activities are underway, we cannot make any other comments at this stage’, a police officer said at the scene.
1 week agoDrones have reportedly attacked special police forces barracks in central part of Grozny, Chechnya
Georgia’s PM has claimed that the country’s European integration was being hindered not by his government but by ‘European politicians and bureaucrats’
Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association: Protests revealed political discrimination, torture, and suffering. Continued systematic and violent repression may constitute grounds for referral to the ICC as it violates Article 7 of the Rome Statute, which defines crimes against humanity
1 week 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 week 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 week agoWater canons are being used against peaceful protesters at Rustaveli avenue. Photo: Guram Muradov/Civil.ge
1 week 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 week agoPolice again started using water from firetrucks against protesters. "Returning Abkhazia lies within Euro intergration" ,banner says
1 week agoRustaveli Avenue blocked, protest rally begins
1 week 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 week 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 week 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 week agoAt 6 am protesters decide to relocate to Chavchavadze avenue near the Tbilisi State University
