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May day rallies held in Georgia amidst Chiatura mine protests
Unlike in many other countries, 1 May is not an official public holiday in Georgia.
This old industrial town in western Georgia is famous for its manganese mines. But the industry, the city’s lifeblood, is now literally undermining the homes of some of its residents. Meanwhile, the Georgian government sits back and does nothing.
By: Mariam Nikuradze, Dato Parulava, and Peter Liakhov
See our previous video from Chiatura: Chiatura’s sinking village.
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