Protesters on Rustaveli Avenue were detained after the road was cleared.

Police in Tbilisi forced protesters to move off Rustaveli Avenue near the parliament building, after which they began detaining demonstrators at the site of the protest and near the metro.

As "Caucasian Knot" reported, on November 3, the 341st day of continuous protests, demonstrators in Tbilisi managed to symbolically block traffic on Rustaveli Avenue for a short time. After the protest, security forces detained some of its participants.

Today, on the 342nd day of continuous protests, activists in Tbilisi were again able to block traffic on Rustaveli Avenue near the parliament building. Police soon forced the demonstrators off the roadway, after which they began detaining people, Publika reports.

Citizens gathered outside the parliament building today unfurled Georgian and EU flags in response to the publication of a critical European Commission report on the country's lack of progress toward EU accession. They also unfurled banners with appeals to the police and chanted, "Until the end, until the end!" and "Strength in unity!" Traffic on Rustaveli Avenue was blocked for several minutes, Interpressnews reports.

"A police car again arrived at the protesters blocking the roadway to inform them that, according to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, there weren't enough people. Furthermore, they again dispatched one law enforcement officer to film the faces of anyone who dared to step onto the roadway," Tbilisi Life reports.

After the protest reopened, the protest continued on the sidewalk. One of the protesters, Lasha Baratelia, was detained right on Rustaveli Avenue near the parliament building and is charged with an administrative offense of artificially blocking a road. Another person detained near parliament was activist Vazha Beriashvili. Another protester, poet and translator Paata Shamugia, a former refugee from Abkhazia, was detained near the Freedom Square metro station. Since November 28, 2024, protesters in Georgia have been demanding new parliamentary elections and the release of political prisoners. Security forces have carried out violent dispersals of the protests, using tear gas and water cannons, and have detained protesters. Over the course of the protests, more than a thousand people have been subjected to administrative prosecution. The "Caucasian Knot" has prepared a report "The Main Thing About the Persecution of Protesters in Georgia".