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(20 Nov 2024)

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RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
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Tbilisi, Georgia - 19 November 2024
++NIGHT SHOTS++
1. Wide of crowds of protesters and police
2. Mid protesters wrapped in Georgian flags waving flag symbolizing claims of a rigged election
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Giorgi Vashadze, leader of Unity National Movement Coalition:
++SOUNDBITE STARTS ON SHOT 1 AND IS OVERLAID BY SHOT2&4-5++
"We're going to stay here tonight as well. And we will fight for our country's future because Georgia will never surrender. Georgian people will never surrender. And no Russian operation will have any kind of success in this country. I do call all western partners and leaders to support Georgian people. Please do it as soon as possible. We need (a) clear position from your side. Not a blurry position because we will never win against Russian propaganda if there will be a blurred position or diplomatic language against a Russian regime which is now in Georgia."
4. Pan of police
5. Mid of protesters waving flags, including European Union flag
6. Various of protesters marching

STORYLINE:
Crowds of demonstrators returned to the streets of Tbilisi late on Tuesday after police earlier in the day dismantled a protest tent camp that had been set up on a central thoroughfare.

The mass protests have been held to demonstrate the results of last month’s parliamentary election and demand a new vote.

The October 26 election kept the governing Georgian Dream party in power and opponents say the vote was rigged and suspect neighbouring Russia's influence.

Many Georgians viewed the election as a referendum on the country’s effort to join the European Union.

Several large protests have been held since then.

"I do call all western partners and leaders to support Georgian people. Please do it as soon as possible," said Giorgi Vashadze, leader of Unity National Movement Coalition.

Protesters had set up the tent camp in Tbilisi, the capital, and had vowed to stay around the clock to demand new parliamentary elections.

As police moved to break it up early Tuesday, there were scuffles and several protesters were detained.

Some of the demonstrators on Tuesday displayed European Union flags.

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