(6 Dec 2024)
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Tbilisi – 7 December 2024
++NIGHT SHOTS++
1. Protesters launch fireworks at police
2. Police stand guard against fireworks, police use water cannon
3. Various of police firing tear gas
4. Protester waves Georgian flag
5. Protester wearing Georgian flag stands in front of police
6. Wide of police in formation
7. Georgian protesters wearing EU flags standing on road
STORYLINE:
Police fired tear gas and deployed a water cannon at protesters who were demonstrating early on Saturday over the governing party’s decision to suspend negotiations on joining the European Union.
The demonstrators were seen aiming fireworks at the officers during the protest.
The ruling Georgian Dream retained control of parliament in the disputed Oct. 26 election, a vote widely seen as a referendum on Georgia’s EU aspirations.
The opposition and the pro-Western president, Salome Zourabichvili, have accused the governing party of rigging the vote with neighbouring Russia’s help and have boycotted parliament sessions.
Opposition protests gained new momentum after the Georgian Dream’s decision last Thursday to put the EU accession talks on hold.
More than 300 protesters have been detained and over 100 people have been treated for injuries.
(AP video by Zura Muradov)
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