On 28 October 2024, protests began in Georgia after the preliminary official results were announced of the parliamentary election of 26 October. The ruling Georgian Dream won the majority of seats in parliament according to those results. The demonstrators claimed that the elections were fraudulent, and demanded a recount and a new election. A string of protests and legal challenges against ...

Dec 2, 2024 · Tensions have been brewing for months in the South Caucasus nation of 3.7 million people, where critics accuse the ruling Georgian Dream party of following increasingly authoritarian, pro-Russia...

2 days ago · The 50501 Movement will have 50 protests across 50 capitals on Wednesday. There are multiple scheduled this week around Georgia.

May 15, 2024 · Huge throngs of protesters blocked streets in the capital of Georgia and milled angrily outside the parliament building after lawmakers on Tuesday approved a “foreign influence” bill that critics call a Russian-style threat to free speech and the country’s aspirations to join the European Union.

Dec 6, 2024 · Hundreds of Georgians have complained of police brutality at anti-government rallies held over the past week. Georgian journalist Guram Rogava was one of several hundred who were caught up in the police crackdown on mass protests in the country, triggered by the governing party’s decision to suspend negotiations on joining the European Union.

Dec 12, 2024 · The protests in Georgia have highlighted the country's complex, fraught relationship with its much larger neighbor to the north, Russia. Russia invaded Georgia in 2008 and it...

Dec 1, 2024 · Protesters rallied in Georgia’s capital for a fourth straight night on Sunday and there were signs that opposition was spreading across the country to the government’s decision to suspend talks...

Dec 3, 2024 · Who is protesting in Georgia and why? Protests erupted on Thursday after Kobakhidze announced that Georgia would suspend talks on accession to the EU for four years.

Dec 2, 2024 · TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — A third night of protests in the Georgian capital against the government’s decision to suspend negotiations to join the European Union left 44 people hospitalized, officials said Sunday.

Mar 8, 2023 · Thousands of protesters have taken to the streets of Georgia's capital for the second day after parliament backed a draft law which critics say limits press freedom and civil liberties. On...