Protest at Georgian Parliament Preceded by Rally of Evicted Refugees

On the 256th day of protests, supporters of Georgia's European integration gathered on the square near the country's parliament and blocked traffic on Rustaveli Avenue. Before that, refugees from Abkhazia, evicted from a dilapidated house on Tvalchrelidze Street, came out to protest, stating that they still have not been able to get the attention of the Tbilisi mayor's office.

As "Kavkazsky Uzel" wrote, participants in pro-European protests in Tbilisi on August 9 blocked Rustaveli Avenue near the parliament building for the 255th day in a row. The protesters were joined by a column of civil servants who were fired for their political views.

Supporters of Georgia's European integration gathered on the 256th day of daily protests in the square outside the country's parliament and blocked traffic along Rustaveli Avenue. The protesters' demands remain unchanged - holding new parliamentary elections and releasing political prisoners, Publika reported.

A protest of refugees from Abkhazia, evicted from a dilapidated house on Tvalchrelidze Street, took place in Tbilisi today. According to them, even two weeks after the eviction, they have no housing. Those gathered stated that forced eviction is unacceptable, and that satisfying the housing conditions of each citizen should be the primary concern of the state, the publication reports.

"Kaladze washed his hands of it that same day, saying that this does not concern the city authorities... If you are not registered in Tbilisi, then you must remain on the street. I personally am registered in Abkhazia. I am a refugee myself, my entire family. No one is helping us in any way," said Natia Gasashvili.

Inga Papidze, one of the evicted, told Publica that a representative of the Black Sea Property company was supposed to visit their families today, but he did not show up. "We have been here for 18 days and we are begging, begging... We waited for representatives of the mayor's office for several days, but they did not come. We are mothers of many children, socially vulnerable, internally displaced persons, and we have many mothers with five, six, nine children. We went to the mayor's office and asked for a meeting with several people, but we were told that Kakha Kaladze was not there, nor was the vice-mayor. Someone came out of the headquarters, asked us to write a statement, said that an answer would be given, that we would be called to a meeting, but more than two weeks have passed, and no one has shown up. We, who are here, have nowhere to go," she said, noting that the refugees plan to make the protests permanent

The "Caucasian Knot" collected materials about the parliamentary elections and the protests that followed the elections on the page "Elections in Georgia-2024".

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