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Police again moved to disperse thousands of demonstrators in Tbilisi on December 2 after more than 200 people were detained during four previous nights of protests amid anger over government plans to suspend EU accession talks through 2028.
RFE/RL producer Beka Beradze has been arrested during protests near the Georgian parliament building in Tbilisi, suffering apparent injuries during the incident in the early morning hours of December 1.
Georgia's prime minister has said the president must leave office at the end of her term later this month, despite her pledge not to, while anti-government protesters -- who she supports -- took to the streets again, scuffling with security forces at key sites in the capital.
Protests in the Georgian capital, Tbilisi, continue following the prime minister's decision to end accession talks with the European Union. Demonstrators faced tear gas and water cannons during the night of November 30 to December 1.
Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili, an ardent critic of the ruling Georgian Dream party, called the nation’s government illegitimate and vowed to remain in office when her term ends next month, while Washington said it was suspending its "strategic partnership" with the country.
The Georgian police have violently cracked down on pro-EU demonstrators in the capital, Tbilisi. RFE/RL filmed officers kicking and slapping detained protesters late on November 29. Thousands took to the streets after the prime minister announced Georgia would give up accession talks with the EU.
Video footage showed the moment RFE/RL journalist Davit Tsangareli was attacked while reporting live from the Georgian capital, Tbilisi, early on November 29. He was covering protests after the ruling Georgian Dream party announced it was suspending EU accession negotiations until 2028.
Georgian police have used water cannons to disperse thousands of demonstrators gathered near the parliament in Tbilisi to protest the government's decision to suspend talks to join the European Union.
Protesters gathered outside the Georgian parliament in Tbilisi after Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze on November 28 said his government was suspending EU accession talks until 2028 and would not accept budgetary grants from Brussels.
Georgia’s billionaire political power broker Bidzina Ivanishvili has introduced a Euroskeptic former soccer player as his ruling party’s nominee for a disputed presidential vote next month, despite mounting constitutional disagreements and a postelection boycott in the Caucasus nation.
Thousands of people gathered outside the Georgian parliament in Tbilisi to protest ahead of the first session of the newly elected parliament, scheduled for November 25. Speaking to RFE/RL's Georgian Service, protesters said October's pivotal parliamentary elections were rigged.
Georgia's new parliament met for its first session since the Moscow-friendly Georgian Dream party won elections last month that ignited calls for fresh polls amid accusations the balloting was rigged, as protesters gathered outside and pelted the building with eggs.
Opposition parties in Georgia organized a new postelection protest on November 23. Protesters in the capital, Tbilisi, demanded a rerun of controversial parliamentary elections held in late October. Authorities had acknowledged some irregularities and partially revised the results.
Hundreds of Georgian police have forced demonstrators for a second night in a row out of the area near Tbilisi State University where they were protesting the results of last month's parliamentary elections and calling for a repeat of the vote.
Protesters in the Georgian capital, Tbilisi, told RFE/RL they were "strong" and remained determined after police violently dispersed a sit-in demonstration near Tbilisi State University on November 19. Using pepper spray, police dismantled tents and detained more than 10 people.
Georgian police violently dispersed a days-long protest at the State University in Tbilisi, arresting several people and taking down the tents where demonstrators calling for fresh elections had taken shelter from the cold during the night.
The de facto leader of Georgia's Moscow-backed breakaway Abkhazia region has signed his resignation amid ongoing protests by opposition supporters against a property deal with Russia.
Pro-EU demonstrators continue to camp out streets of the Georgian capital, vowing not to budge until new parliamentary elections are held, with the country’s president -- who backs the protesters -- saying she will file suit in the Constitutional Court to challenge the reported voting results.
Students held a "disobedience campaign" in the Georgian capital, Tbilisi, overnight on November 17-18. The students, opposition groups, and Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili claim parliamentary elections on October 26 were rigged.
Student groups in the Caucasus nation of Georgia united in a manifesto condemning the disputed October 26 parliamentary elections – which gave the Russia-friendly Georgian Dream party the victory – as anti-government groups vowed a "disobedience campaign" in central Tbilisi for the next 24 hours.
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