(5 Dec 2024)
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Tbilisi – 5 December 2024
++NIGHT SHOTS++
1. People protesting outside Georgian parliament
2. Various of protesters holding Georgian and EU flags
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Mariam Boshadze, protester:
"Yeah, it has been like eight days of the protest and I have been here every each and single night. I think, like, everyone who is here is here for the idea (for) Georgia to be independent and to be in European Union and to be free. And that’s why people are finding strength in themselves and they are still coming out despite the brutal and violent acts of the government. We are still here and we will be here until we achieve our goals which is the European Union and free Georgia."
4. Various of protesters holding phones with lights switched on
5. Protesters waving Georgian and EU flags
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Tamar Akhvlediami, protester:
"Each person who is standing here is fighting. Of course, we want better connections with Europe, with the United States and we don’t need Russia. This is the main reason why young people are standing here. But me personally, I’m standing here and protesting many things in this country. And of course, I have (the) bright to do so."
7. Protesters wrapped in Georgian flags standing in front of policemen
8. Various of protesters banging on metal barrier outside parliament
9. Laser pointers shining on police shields
10. Protesters outside parliament
STORYLINE:
Thousands of protesters gathered outside the Georgian parliament on Thursday for the eighth night running as they continued to voice their anger at the government’s decision to suspend EU accession talks.
More than 300 protesters have been detained and 100 injured since the demonstrations began last week.
Riot police have used water cannons and tear gas to disperse crowds of protesters who have built barricades and shot fireworks at officers on Tbilisi’s central boulevard.
Demonstrator, Mariam Boshadze, said she had been taking to the streets every night with protesters for the past eight days.
"Despite the brutal and violent acts of the government, we are still here and we will be here until we achieve our goals which is the European Union and free Georgia," she added.
The crackdown has drawn strong condemnation from the United States and EU officials.
Speaking Thursday at a ministerial conference of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken denounced what he described as "brutal repression" of Georgian protesters.
AP video by Kostya Manenkov
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