Police forced protesters to open Rustaveli Avenue.

Protesters in Tbilisi blocked traffic on Rustaveli Avenue for the 328th consecutive day. Police warned protesters of punishment and demanded that the roadway be opened.

As reported by the "Caucasian Knot," on October 20, the 327th day of continuous protests, activists on Rustaveli Avenue blocked traffic despite warnings from police. After the protest, security forces checked citizens walking from Rustaveli Avenue, demanding identification and searching their personal belongings. Police are also making mass arrests of protesters in Tbilisi for violating the rules for holding assemblies and demonstrations in previous days.

Participants in the daily protest outside the parliament building in Tbilisi again blocked the roadway on Rustaveli Avenue this evening. While blocking traffic, the activists chanted, "Until the end, until the end!" They stretched special tape across the road to prevent cars from entering the area where the protest is taking place, InterPressNews reports.

After the protesters blocked the roadway, police warned that "measures would be taken" against them, demanding that they reopen. The activists met this demand with indignant shouts, but traffic on the avenue was restored shortly afterward.

According to activists, after the protest, police again checked the documents and personal belongings of passengers at metro stations, drawing up administrative reports against the protesters. Protests have been going on for 328 days, and the tightening of laws has not yet yielded the results the authorities expected, Tbilisi_life notes.

“Protesters whose friends had been arrested came to the police station and to police crews. They asked to have them arrested for violating the new laws. But they were not arrested,” the channel reported.

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 compiled materials about the parliamentary elections and the protests that followed them on the page "Elections in Georgia-2024".