(30 Nov 2024)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Tbilisi, Georgia – 30 November 2024
++NIGHT SHOTS++
1. Various of large number of people gathered for rally
2. Small group of protesters in larger crowd
3. Close-up of protesters
3. Poster with EU flag
4. SOUNDBITE: (Georgian) Nika Oboladze, protester:
"The thing is that for many days now already, hundreds of thousands of people are coming out to protest, self organized, sacrificing themselves, their health and life for one reason – these people want to see themselves and Georgia in the EU. Therefore, when there is a question of where will all this lead, we expect everything, every scenario that will lead to Georgia becoming part of the EU. Of these people, none of us is expecting any other conclusion."
5. Riot police with fireworks fired by protesters
6. Various of police
7. Protest
8. Various of protesters holding lit up phones
STORYLINE:
Protesters gathered across Georgia on Saturday night in a third straight night of demonstrations against the government’s decision to suspend negotiations to join the European Union.
More than 100 demonstrators were arrested as crowds clashed with police Friday night, the country’s Interior Ministry said.
The Associated Press saw protesters in Tbilisi being chased and beaten by police as demonstrators rallied in front of the country’s parliament building.
On the same night, police also used heavy force against members of the media and deployed water cannons to push protesters back along the capital’s central boulevard, Rustaveli Avenue.
The ruling Georgian Dream party’s disputed victory in the country’s Oct. 26 parliamentary election, which was widely seen as a referendum on Georgia’s aspirations to join the European Union, has sparked major demonstrations and led to an opposition boycott of the parliament.
The opposition has said that the vote was rigged with the help of Russia, Georgia’s former imperial master, with Moscow hoping to keep Tbilisi in its orbit.
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