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Hundreds of people were injured when anti-government protesters clashed with riot police in Tbilisi on June 20, including at least two who lost an eye as security forces fired into the crowd. As the protests continue, activists are demanding that those responsible be held accountable.
Dozens of motorists honked their horns and waved flags in the Georgian capital, Tbilisi, on June 24 to show their support for ongoing anti-government protests. Motorist blew their horns and waved Georgian flags from their vehicles on June 24 as they drove through the streets of Tbilisi.
Georgia’s ruling party has announced electoral changes in line with demands of protesters who have taken to the streets of the capital Tbilisi in the past days.
Thousands of demonstrators have gathered for a fourth day in the Georgian capital, Tbilisi, calling for the resignations of some top officials and early elections.
Georgian protesters marched in the streets of the capital, Tbilisi, for a third evening in a row on June 22 to voice their demands for the resignations of some top officials and early elections. The protests started after a visit by Russian State Duma member Sergei Gavrilov.
Thousands of anti-Russian demonstrators were rallying for a third in the Georgian capital, Tbilisi, demanding the resignations of some top officials and early elections.
Georgia's parliamentary speaker, Irakli Kobakhidze, resigned following violent clashes on the streets of the capital, Tbilisi.
Thousands of protesters returned to the Georgian parliament to demand early legislative elections and the resignation of the country's interior minister.
Thousands of Georgians are protesting peacefully a day after violent clashes with police that were touched off after a Russian member of parliament was allowed to sit in the speaker’s chair of the Georgian parliament during a session of the assembly.
Thousands of furious protesters have gathered outside the parliament building in Tbilisi after a Russian lawmaker occupied the speaker’s seat inside the legislature during a meeting of European parliamentarians representing Orthodox Christians.
Organizers delayed the start of Tbilisi Pride events after a triple wallop from the Orthodox Church, antigay agitators, and Georgian authorities.
The U.S. State Department and Amnesty International (AI) have called on the Georgian authorities to guarantee the safety of participants in LGBT "Tbilisi Pride" activities that have been scheduled this week in the capital.
Georgian police have detained at least eight people as conservative activists faced off against gay and lesbian protesters who rallied outside a government building demanding more support from officials.
Georgian voters are heading to the polls on May 19 to elect one parliament member and mayors and city councils in some cities. Among early voters in the by-elections in the capital, Tbilisi, was billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili, a former prime minister and leads the ruling Georgian Dream party.
Voters in the Georgian city of Zugdidi are electing a mayor in a heated atmosphere on May 19. Bodyguards and police had to push away angry supporters of the ruling Georgian Dream party as they confronted Nika Gvaramia, the director of Rustavi-2 television.
Candidates of the ruling Georgian Dream party appeared poised to win local by-elections held in Georgia, according to preliminary results.
Celebrations marking the 74th anniversary of the Allied victory over Nazi Germany were marred in Georgia on May 9 by shouting matches between rival demonstrators and the booing of President Salome Zurabishvili during a memorial ceremony.
Clashes broke out on April 21 in Georgia’s northeastern Pankisi Gorge region between police and residents protesting the construction of a hydropower plant.
Two Saudi sisters, who say they fled their own country because of “oppression,” have applied for asylum in Georgia but still feared they could be reached by their family and forced back to Saudi Arabia.
A court in London has jailed a man dubbed the "speedboat killer" by British media for an extra six months for fleeing the country.
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