9 April Massacre
Georgian President awards Medal of Honour to anti-government protesters
Two women whose images holding flags have become symbols of protest in Georgia have been awarded the Medal of Honour by President Salome Zurabishvili. At a ceremony commemorating the 34th anniversary of the 1989 Soviet massacre of protesters on 9 April, the president paid tribute to Nana Makharadze, whose image holding a black flag became a symbol of Georgia’s struggle for independence. The president also awarded 47-year-old Nana Malashkhia for her role in the protests in March against a pr
