Georgia
Zourabichvili announces creation of ‘platform of resistance’
Zourabichvili said the platform is open to all pro-European parties and groups that share the protest demands.
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Live updates | Fallout from announcement on Georgia’s halting of EU accession continues
We continue our live coverage of the fallout and widespread protests that came in the wake of Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze’s announcement on Thursday that Georgia would be halting its EU accession process until the end of 2028. Spontaneous protests immediately broke out shortly after he made the remarks, which were violently suppressed by riot police in Tbilisi and other cities.
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Elene Khoshtaria was detained during a protest near the parliament building on Friday on charges of petty hooliganism and disobeying police.
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Georgian Dream vows to ban opposition parties
Before the parliamentary elections, one of Georgian Dream’s campaign promises was to outlaw their political rivals and ban ‘pseudo-liberal ideology’.
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Council of Europe says there is ‘rapid and dramatic democratic backsliding’ in Georgia
The Congress of the Council of Europe also adopted a memorandum recommending repressive Georgian legislation be repealed.
