Melikishvili Avenue has become the second address of daily protests in Tbilisi

Supporters of Georgia's European integration held a protest at the Georgian Dream election headquarters on Melikishvili Avenue in Tbilisi, after which they marched to the parliament and blocked traffic on Rustaveli Avenue.

As "Kavkazsky Uzel" reported, on September 8, the 285th day of daily protests, journalists and activists were attacked by Georgian Dream supporters at the party's election headquarters in Tbilisi. The police reported the start of an investigation into gang violence.

Protesters in Tbilisi, demanding the release of political prisoners, gathered for a daily rally near the Georgian Parliament. As before, they blocked traffic along Rustaveli Avenue; today is the 286th day of continuous protests, NEWS.On.ge reports.

The gathering on Rustaveli, like the day before, was preceded by a protest at the election headquarters of the Georgian Dream and its candidate for mayor of Tbilisi, Kakha Kaladze. From Melikishvili Avenue, they marched to the parliament, holding national flags in their hands.

During the action on Melikishvili Avenue, the protesters left inscriptions on Kaladze's election banners. Immediately after the end of the action, workers were called to the scene to remove the inscriptions, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs announced the launch of an investigation into the fact of damaging the ruling party's campaign posters, Publika reports.

The action on Melikishvili Avenue, where a large number of police officers were deployed in advance today, gathered significantly more activists than yesterday's. After the protesters appeared, the Georgian Dream headquarters staff pulled T-shirts over their heads so that the activists could not identify those who attacked journalists and demonstrators, Tbilisi_Life notes.

“Yesterday and today, the Georgian Dream leaders and propaganda media emphasized that the number of protesters near Kaladze’s headquarters was negligible. Well, everything has changed,” the channel’s publication says.

Relatives of political prisoners spoke at the rally near the Georgian Dream election headquarters. The father of political prisoner student Zviad Tsetskhladze said during the meeting that protests in front of Kaladze’s headquarters should take place every day.

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