
Emotional scenes in Tbilisi as 21-year-old protester sentenced to 4.5 years
Mate Devidze was arrested in November during protests against electoral fraud during October’s parliamentary vote.
Mate Devidze was arrested in November during protests against electoral fraud during October’s parliamentary vote.
Hundreds of people have been fined on various charges, including roadblocks, amid protests that began in November in Georgia.
Municipal elections in Georgia are planned to be held on 4 October.
Georgian Dream founder Bidzina Ivanishvili had vowed to ‘apologise’ to South Ossetia over the former ruling UNM party’s role in the August 2008 War.
The CEC said that critics are attempting to ‘interpret the high standard of protection of voters’ personal data as a restriction on monitoring’.
The ruling party has consistently stated their hopes of a reset in relations with the US after officially winning in the parliamentary elections.
The newly formed movement called on the public to protest and announced an overnight demonstration from 8–9 April.