Happy Independence Day beloved Georgia! გილოცავთ დამოუკიდებლობის დღეს! დიდება საყვარელ საქართველოს!🇬🇪❤️ (აღმოჩნდა, რომ პირველი რესპუბლიკის დროშასთან გადაღებული ფოტო არ მაქვს)
László Róbert Mézes
@laszlorobertmezes.bsky.social
📍lives in🇬🇪 - Journalist 📹covering mainly 🇬🇪 - 💗of🇬🇪 | born in 🇭🇺 | “non-establishment mainstreamer”; activist; 📝🇪🇺🇭🇺🇬🇪politics, societies, economies | founder of @eebc.bsky.social
Summary video of the 344th continuous protest day in Tbilisi. A large police mobilization appeared on Rustaveli Avenue what prevented the closing of the road for the first time after 343 days, although the attempt. After this protesters started to march to different locations.
Another arrest of the evening, activist Alexandre Razmadze got arrested near the parliament during a tough arresting. #GeorgiaProtests
During the evening a 15 years old minor also got arrested on Liberty Square in Tbilisi. According to witnesses he got into a conflict with TV Imedi's operator who also raised his hand on the minor. Around 2 hours after his arrest, the 15 years old got released. #GeorgiaProtests
Guram Gongadze, a 22 years old student got arrested during the evening next to the parliament for blocking the road. At least five people got arrested in the evening in connection with the protests and mainly for blocking Rustaveli Avenue. #GeorgiaProtests
18 years old Nikoloz Darsania got arrested on Rustaveli Avenue in the evening for being part of the road closure during the protest. #GeorgiaProtests
The arrests continued in Tbilisi during the evening, poet Paata Shamugia was among those who got arrested close to Liberty Square metro on Rustaveli Avenue. Paata Shamugia was among those who closed Rustaveli Avenue for around 20 minutes. #GeorgiaProtests
Leila Tsomaia, another elderly person was also among those people who got arrested on Rustaveli Avenue during the evening. #GeorgiaProtests
Anuka Gamsakhurdia was among those people who got arrested during the evening on Rustaveli Avenue. #GeorgiaProtests
Police is putting more efforts to identify protesters in Tbilisi. They are recording them more with phones and with bodycams. The stopping of citizens on the streets for identification continues, together with the arrests. #GeorgiaProtests
340th continuous protest day in Tbilisi. The protest day started with a mother's march. Then continued on Rustaveli Avenue where the road got closed again. Police is using more and more methods to identify people on the protest making recordings with phones and their bodycams.
70+ years old Zura Menteshashvili got arrested on Rustaveli Avenue, one day after he got freed from his first arrest. Menteshashvili first got arrested on 24 October in their home garage, the reasoning of the arrest was blocking the road during a protest. #GeorgiaProtests
332nd day of the #GeorgiaProtests. Rustaveli Avenue was closed. High police mobilization was present both when the road was closed and when it got opened. Apart from it the protest continued from the sidewalks.
331st day of the #GeorgiaProtests. Next to a high police mobilization, Rustaveli Avenue got closed by protesters and later opened.
330th day of the #GeorgiaProtests. Protesters blocked Rustaveli Avenue after the sidewalk pretty much got filled. An hour later they opened the road on their own.
Close to 30 person got arrested on Rustaveli Avenue during the 329th day of the #GeorgiaProtests. Some also got injured during the arrests. People got arrested from the sidewalks as well. Handful amount of arrests visible in this video.
327th day of the #GeorgiaProtests. Police ordered the opening of Rustaveli Avenue during this day again, what remained closed. Police also continued to stop people for identification and in search for masks and other banned tools.
326th day of the #GeorgiaProtests. At one point police showed up and ordered protesters to open Rustaveli Avenue but the road remained blocked. High police mobilization was all around Rustaveli stopping people for identification. @eebc.bsky.social
The 326th day of the #GeorgiaProtests started with a march ‘Sanction Georgian Dream’ - from Europe Square to the parliament. @eebc.bsky.social
324th day of the #GeorgiaProtests. Protests continued regardless that stricter laws came into force with heavier punishment for protest activities such as road blocking or mask wearing, giving the option to imprison demonstrators for violating it.