The protest outside the Georgian parliament continued amid mass arrests.

For the 331st consecutive day, protesters in Tbilisi blocked traffic on Rustaveli Avenue near the parliament building. Throughout the day, police detained about 25 people for participating in protests in previous days.

As reported by the "Caucasian Knot," on October 22, the 329th day of continuous protests, police detained activists en masse who were attempting to block traffic on Rustaveli Avenue. The Ministry of Internal Affairs stated that up to 20 people were detained, while human rights activists reported that the number of detainees was around 30. A day later, on October 23, police allowed demonstrators to briefly block the roadway on Rustaveli Avenue, as there were more activists than the previous day.

Protesters outside the parliament building in Georgia blocked traffic on Rustaveli Avenue this evening for the 331st day in a row. The road was blocked for no more than 20 minutes: initially, activists gathered on the sidewalk near the parliament building, then some of them moved onto the roadway and formed a human chain. After a while, police forced them to clear the road, warning them of possible punishment, InterPressNews reports.

After the roadway was reopened, the protest continued on the sidewalk. Demonstrators reiterated their unchanged demands: to hold new elections and release all those arrested for participating in the protests. They chanted, "Down with the police regime!" and "We are not afraid!", Publika reports.

During the day, police detained approximately 25 people in Tbilisi, accusing them of blocking the roadway on Rustaveli Avenue in the previous days. Among those detained were historian Irakli Veshaguridze and Publika journalist Basti Mgaloblishvili, who was covering the protests with a visible press badge. Also detained were director and founder of Formula TV company Giorgi Liponava, journalist and TV presenter Vasil Ivanov-Chikovani, and the latter's wife, Maia Bokeria. The court later sentenced Ivanov-Chikovani to seven days in jail, and his wife was fined 5,000 lari. Activist Anuka Gamsakhurdia, also detained today, was released late in the evening with a verbal warning, Pirveli reports.

“Rustaveli Avenue was blocked off, despite arrests continuing throughout Tbilisi all day. As has now become a tradition, police attempted to unblock the road. Furthermore, trials of those detained in previous days and today continued throughout the day. Some of those arrested were scattered across detention centers across Georgia (even in Poti), so some people spent the entire day either looking for lawyers or delivering food to the detention centers,” the Tbilisi_life Telegram channel summarized the 331st day of protests.

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 a thousand people faced administrative prosecution during the protests. The Caucasian Knot has compiled materials about the parliamentary elections and the subsequent protests on the page "Elections in Georgia-2024".