Protesters blockade Tbilisi city center on 283rd day of protests

Pro-European protesters blocked traffic on Rustaveli Avenue on the 283rd day of daily protests.

As "Kavkazsky Uzel" reported, supporters of Georgia's European integration held a rally near the Georgian Dream election headquarters in Tbilisi on the 282nd day of continuous protests, and then blocked Rustaveli Avenue near the parliament. The police threatened to detain them, demanding that they clear the road "at a reasonable time."

Since November 28, 2024, supporters of European integration have been going out to Tbilisi for daily rallies near the Georgian Parliament and blocking traffic along Rustaveli Avenue, demanding the release of all arrested demonstrators and the appointment of new parliamentary elections.

Today, on the 283rd day of protests, protesters gathered near the Georgian Parliament, blocking traffic along Rustaveli Avenue, Publika reports.

Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze explained today the lack of punishment for security forces who beat journalists during the protests.

“If there is no indisputable evidence, if the culprit is not identified, then, naturally, charges will not be brought,” Kobakhidze said at a press conference today.

According to him, this means that "there is a high legal standard in Georgia." The prime minister explained that several dozen protesters and not a single police officer ended up behind bars by the different scales. According to him, in the case of law enforcement officers, we are talking about "two or three cases" of excessive force, writes "Novosti Georgia".

It should be noted that during the pro-European protests, security forces repeatedly beat journalists, often getting caught on video. Thus, several journalists were beaten on February 2. On December 7, 2024, in Tbilisi, a group of masked people attacked a film crew from the Pirveli TV channel - journalist Maka Chikhladze and cameraman Giorgi Shetsireuli, who were filming a story about the beating of protesters. The victims were hospitalized with concussions, the filming equipment was stolen. The founder of the TV channel announced a reward of 25 thousand dollars for information about the attackers.

The Caucasian Knot" published a report "The Main Thing About the Persecution of Protesters in Georgia". The "Caucasian Knot" collected materials about the parliamentary elections and the protests that followed them on the page "Elections in Georgia-2024".

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