(6 Dec 2024)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Tbilisi – 6 December 2024
++NIGHT SHOTS++
1. Various of protesters gathered in front of parliament and in the streets
STORYLINE:
Mass protests in Georgia fueled by the governing party’s decision to suspend negotiations on joining the European Union continued on Friday, having entered a second week.
Several activists have been arrested and scores of demonstrators and some journalists have been brutally beaten.
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 neighboring 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.
Riot police have used water cannons and tear gas to disperse the rallies and beat scores of protesters, who threw fireworks at police officers and built barricades on the Georgian capital’s central boulevard.
The crackdown has drawn a strong condemnation from the United States and EU officials.
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