Smoke from teargas floats into Tbilisi night sky as police crack down on protesters

(6 Dec 2024)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Tbilisi - 7 December 2024
++NIGHT SHOTS++
1. Flames in building
2. Police advancing, firing tear gas at protesters
3. Wide of police advancing, firing tear gas at protesters
4. Police advancing, firing tear gas at protesters
5. Various of vehicle and police advancing
6. Police firing tear gas at protesters
7. Various of protesters lighting fireworks and shining laser beams
8. Police advancing as protesters light fireworks
9. Police vehicle aiming water cannon at protesters
10. Various of police advancing as protesters light fireworks, vehicle aiming water cannon
11. Zoom in of stray dog walking up to police
12. Police petting stray dog
13. Zoom out of stray dog sitting in front of police
14. Police gathered
15. Police and ambulances in background
16. Lone protester standing in front of police
STORYLINE:
Police fired tear gas and deployed a water cannon at protesters who were demonstrating early on Saturday over the governing party’s decision to suspend negotiations on joining the European Union.

The demonstrators were seen aiming fireworks at the officers during the protest.

The ruling Georgian Dream retained control of parliament in the disputed Oct. 26 election, a vote widely seen as a referendum on Georgia’s EU aspirations.

The opposition and the pro-Western president, Salome Zourabichvili, have accused the governing party of rigging the vote with neighbouring Russia’s help and have boycotted parliament sessions.

Opposition protests gained new momentum after the Georgian Dream’s decision last Thursday to put the EU accession talks on hold.

More than 300 protesters have been detained and over 100 people have been treated for injuries.

(AP video by Zura Muradov)

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