(19 Nov 2024)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Tbilisi, Georgia – 19 November 2024
1. Wide of police cordon and protesters
2. Mid of protesters
3. Close of protester carrying EU flag
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Elene Khoshtaria, leader of the Coalition for Strong Georgia:
"After the elections were stolen, stolen by Russia, the Georgian opposition has made a pledge that we will resist, and we will resist in the streets, and we will fight for our people’s votes. They (police) were surprised to see us in the center of the city, and it was our tactics of resistance. That’s why they have become so aggressive. Of course, there was absolutely no reason for dispersal, but it will not stop our resistance. It’s their mistake, their weakness, and they will pay the price for it. We will continue to resist as long as it takes."
5. Mid of police
6. SOUNDBITE (Georgian) Gigi Chikhladze, protester:
"We, the citizens, are gathered here to protest against rigged elections. We have the right to freedom of assembly, the right to gather, and the right to protest the terrible processes that took place on 26 October and beyond. The legal ways to challenge the election results have been almost entirely exhausted, without an outcome. We are here to protest, and as you can see, we are being denied that right."
7. Police officers
8. Close of protester playing drum
9. Mid of protesters
10. Close of protester blowing whistle
11. Various of protesters
STORYLINE:
Round-the-clock protests continued in Tbilisi on Tuesday despite attempts by Georgian police to disperse the rally.
Police in Georgia’s capital early on Tuesday moved in to break up a tent camp that demonstrators set up on a central thoroughfare to protest the results of last month’s parliamentary election and demand a new vote.
The Oct. 26 election kept the governing Georgian Dream party in power, but opponents say the vote was rigged.
Many Georgians viewed the election as a referendum on the country’s effort to join the European Union. Several large protests have been held since the balloting.
Protesters have set up a tent camp in Tbilisi, the capital, and have vowed to stay around the clock to demand new parliamentary elections, but police moved to disperse it early on Tuesday morning.
There were scuffles as several protesters were detained by police, according to an Associated Press reporter at the scene.
Some of the demonstrators were displaying European Union flags.
"There was absolutely no reason for dispersal, but it will not stop our resistance," said Elene Khoshtaria, the leader of the Coalition for Strong Georgia.
"It’s their mistake, their weakness, and they will pay the price for it. We will continue to resist as long as it takes," she added.
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