(28 Dec 2024)
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Tbilisi, Georgia – 28 December 2024
1. Mid tracking shot of people
2. Close of protesters holding hands
3. Mid of people standing in human chain
4. Close of woman waving Georgian flag
5. Mid of protesters
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Eteri Chkadua, artist:
"I have never seen something like this anywhere in my life. So, it seems all the different generations, people from different background and profession, everybody is together, united, everybody is in the streets. So, this unification and togetherness, this is what creates the power. And that’s how everybody feels, it brings such a good vide and such a good energy, everyone feels like even though we do not know what is going to happen out of this, but this positivity is so obvious."
7. Mid of President Salome Zurabishvili, tilt down to her holding hands with other protester
8. Various of Zourabichvili participating in the protest
9. Mid of protester chanting (Georgian) "Long live to Georgia"
10. Mid of protesters
11. Mid protester feeding baby
12. Close of protester feeding baby
13. SOUNDBITE (Georgian) Paata Shamugia, protester and writer:
"I am out in the street together with my whole family trying somehow to tear out this small country out of the claws of the Russian empire. This country has struggled for 30 years to achieve a small progress and join those countries where the law prevails and justice is just and where the life is possible."
14. Wide of protest banners hanging from the bridge
15. Mid of banner reading (English) "Free and fair new elections!"
16. Wide of bridge with banner
STORYLINE:
Thousands of Tbilisi residents formed a human chain on Saturday as protests have continued throughout the country for over a month now.
Saturday’s protest, which involved members of civil society, political parties, and President Salome Zourabichvili, demanded new elections and the release of political prisoners who were arrested following anti-government protests
The protests were sparked by the Georgian Prime Minister’s announcement to halt EU integration talks. Hundreds of protesters were subsequently arrested.
The Georgian opposition does not recognize the results of October’s parliamentary elections, claiming they were rigged by the ruling Georgian Dream Party.
On Friday, the Biden administration imposed sanctions on the founder of Georgia’s ruling political party, which has steered the country away from a pro-Western stance and toward Russia, U.S. officials said.
The State and Treasury Departments said they imposed penalties on Georgian Dream Party founder and honorary chairman Bidzina Ivanishvili “for undermining the democratic and Euro-Atlantic future of Georgia for the benefit of the Russian Federation," according to a statement.
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