5 hour agoAt 8 AM in Tbilisi, students are marching toward the Parliament building in protest the appointment of a puppet president. The "process" in the parliament starts in an hour.
17 hour ago"I am here, I am not going anywhere. At this critical moment, our country needs a legitimate institution that reflects the voice of its people" —President @Zourabichvili_S addressed the nation a day before Oligarch Ivanishvili installs a puppet president. We demand new elections. This is our call and demand, and there is no peaceful alternative. If anyone truly seeks peace in this country and a way out of the current crisis, the only solution is free and fair elections.
The Georgian Parliament has passed a package of legislative amendments prohibiting protesters from possessing laser devices or other instruments emitting intense light. Additionally, participants are banned from covering their faces with masks or any other means
The Georgian Parliament has passed a law banning masks at protests.
22 hour agoTbilisi: Various communities - HR, IT, students, accountants, families of emigrants, and more - march from different locations across Tbilisi in protest. City Hall prepares a stage in front of Parliament for the Christmas tree lighting
23 hour agoAnother group is leading a march from Tbilisi’s Rustaveli Avenue towards Republic Square
1 day agoIT/TECH sector representatives march from Republic Square in Tbilisi
The US imposes visa restrictions on nearly 20 Georgian Dream officials, police officers, and other representatives for undermining Georgian democracy
1 day agoMEPs visiting Georgia join the protest rally on Rustaveli avenue, they were enthusiastically met by the demonstrators
1 day agoThe Danish Foreign minister: Calling for urgent international action and concrete measures regarding GeorgiaFM @larsloekke: "International action is urgently needed to stop the brutal violence against Georgian protestors and journalists. Impunity must end and perpetrators must be held accountable. Denmark is working with partners on concrete measures.”
Georgia's State Security Service (SSG) claims a foreign-backed plot aims to disrupt Saturday's presidential elections with a "color revolution". Opposition figures call it pro-Russian rhetoric designed to intimidate protesters critical of the ruling Georgian Dream party
1 day agoIT/Tech workers marched today on Rustaveli Avenue towards parliament as more professional groups join and show solidarity with ongoing protests
2 day agoDuta Skhirtladze, a prominent Georgian actor and media personality, has left his position with pro-government TV Imedi, his wife Marina Natsvlishvili confirmed
2 day agoDrones have attack base of special operations forces in Grozny, Chechnya
2 day ago"Freedom to government prisoners, freedom to the entire Georgia." - protests continue in Zugdidi, Samegrelo region in western Georgia
2 day agoOn the 14th day of Georgian protests, active and former public servants joined the demonstration with a march on Rustaveli Avenue
Georgian critical media outlet @MtavariChannel has issued an emergency statement accusing one of its shareholders of attempting to shut down the channel, allegedly under the influence of Ivanishvili
2 day ago"We serve people and state. We defend Georgian constitution" - heading to Rustaveli Avenue
Secretary Blinken: The United States calls on Azerbaijan to end its intensifying crackdown on media and civil society. We urge Azerbaijan to respect its international human rights obligations and release those unjustly detained, including Rufat Safarov, Sevinj Vagifgizi, and others detained for their work on behalf of human rights
2 day agoThe @Elysee has confirmed a call between @EmmanuelMacron and Bidzina Ivanishvili, during which Macron urged Ivanishvili to release all individuals arbitrarily detained during protests
Complete blackout in Abkhazia
2 day agoPro-opposition TV channel Mtavari Arkhi has reported that former PM and current Chair of the ruling Georgian Dream party Irakli Gharibashvili ‘was taken to an American Hospital with multiple injuries’, citing a ‘reliable source’
3 day agoDozens of demonstrators are holding a protest in front of the Guria Police Headquarters in Ozurgeti, western Georgia. Police are mobilised at the scene, and nearby streets are blocked, local media reported.
3 day agoThe Public Defender of Georgia, Levan Ioseliani, has stated that out of 327 people detained during the protests, 225 have reported ill-treatment from law enforcement officers, while 157 reported physical injuries
The organizers of the rallies in Tbilisi in the coming days are planning to kill 2-3 people in order to inflame the situation in the country and blame the authorities for this, - the State Security Service of Georgia reports.
4 day agoProtesters in Tbilisi demand sanctioning Georgian Dream, freeing all unjustly arrested protesters and setting new elections
David Lammy: The ongoing violence towards protesters and journalists by Georgian authorities is unacceptable and must stop. Today I am restricting UK cooperation with Georgian Dream until it halts its move away from European democratic norms and freedoms
4 day agoToday, on 12th day of GeorgiaProtests, demonstrators in Kutaisi set up handmade Christmas tree near the local city hall and attached photos of beaten/tortured protesters to it, partly copying yesterday's performance by activists in Tbilisi
5 day agoAnother day of protests in the seaside city of Batumi. The national anthem is played at today's rally.
5 day agoProtesters burned an effigy of Zviad Kharazishvili (Khareba), the head of the Special Task Force under the MIA, who is responsible for orchestrating brutal crackdowns and torturing arrested protesters
