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Opinion | 4 October: an unsuccessful uprising or a trap for Georgian democracy?
Whatever the truth of the 4 October events, they have given Georgian Dream the perfect pretext to finish its repressive crackdown.
Whatever the truth of the 4 October events, they have given Georgian Dream the perfect pretext to finish its repressive crackdown.
The total number of detainees following Saturday’s events has reached 36.
Among those the prominent pro-government Georgian media outlet Imedi cited was Glenn Diesen, a contributor to the Russian state-run agency RT.
The remarks came days after an attempt to storm the Presidential Palace.
According to the Interior Ministry, these detentions are the ‘first stage’.
The EU has called on Georgia to uphold rights to freedom of assembly and expression.
Police have already detained all five members of the 4 October protest’s ‘organising committee’.