Pro-European protests in Tbilisi continued without blocking Rustaveli Avenue.
On the 345th day of continuous protests, security forces again prevented demonstrators from blocking traffic on Rustaveli Avenue. Supporters of Georgia's European integration organized a march around the parliament building.
As reported by the "Caucasian Knot," on the evening of November 6, the 344th day of continuous protests, demonstrators in Tbilisi failed to block traffic on Rustaveli Avenue for the first time since November 28, 2024. A large number of security forces were mobilized near the parliament building, standing on both sides of the avenue, preventing activists from accessing the roadway. Doctor Ramaz Zosiashvili was detained while attempting to enter the road .
Protesters in Georgia have been demanding new parliamentary elections and the release of political prisoners since November 28, 2024. Security forces violently dispersed the protests, using tear gas and water cannons, and detained protesters. Over the course of the protests, more than a thousand people were subjected to administrative prosecution. The "Caucasian Knot" has prepared a report "Key Points to the Persecution of Protesters in Georgia".
Protesters in Tbilisi today, on the 345th day of continuous protests, again failed to block traffic on Rustaveli Avenue. Police, as they did the day before, stood on both sides of the road, preventing activists from entering, Publika reports.
Failing to block the avenue, the demonstrators decided to march around the parliament building. They chanted, "Until the end, until the end" and "Down with the Russian regime, down with the dictatorship," Interpressnews reports.
Police deployed cordons of officers along the roadway even before the protest began, according to the Tbilisi life Telegram channel. "It appears that there are significantly more police officers than protesters. Arrest vehicles have also been mobilized," the channel reported. After the protesters began their march around the parliament, police continued to guard the roadway.
A Tbilisi court today sentenced doctor Ramaz Zosiashvili to two days of administrative arrest. He was detained while attempting to enter the roadway the day before. He was wearing a white medical gown at the time of his arrest.
The intervention of security forces in the protest on Rustaveli Avenue on November 6 and the prosecutor's office's announcement of the prosecution of opposition leaders demonstrate the need to consolidate efforts to continue the fight against Georgian Dream, Gedevan Popkhadze, who is continuing his hunger strike outside parliament for the 11th day, stated today.
The protest against the halt to European integration is taking place in Batumi for the 345th consecutive day, where protesters are gathering outside the Adjara government building and the Constitutional Court of Georgia. Activists express solidarity with those arrested for participating in the protests, demanding the release of political prisoners. Seven opposition parties today issued a joint statement pledging to consolidate their efforts toward "peaceful regime change" in Georgia. "We, democratic political parties, will fight to the end to return power to those to whom it truly belongs—the Georgian people," the statement read.
Translated automatically via Google translate from https://www.kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/417041