At night the action took place peacefully, but in the morning the security forces came to the parliament and began to push back the protesters to clear the approaches to the service entrance to the parliament building.
In the capital of Georgia, Tbilisi, a large-scale protest against the bill on the transparency of foreign influence (the so-called “foreign agents” law) that began on the evening of May 12 lasted throughout the night. It was reported by Georgian public pages and media.
It was reported that during the night the action took place peacefully, and in the morning the security forces arrived at the parliament and began to push back the protesters to clear the approaches to the service entrance to the parliament building.
The demonstrators were given five minutes to leave the area. There were reports of “harsh detention” of some protesters. The media also reported that riot police beat the protesters.
It was also reported that hours before the dispersal of the peaceful rally in front of the parliament, Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze called on the Ministry of Internal Affairs to act “to standards higher than European and American.”
When the police blocked the streets near the parliament and cleared them of demonstrators, representatives of the Georgian Dream group rode into the parliament in a car, and the protesters greeted the representatives with exclamations of “Slaves!”
Let us remind you that the day before the largest anti-government protest in the history of the country was announced in Georgia. On Saturday, more than 200 thousand people were present in Europe Square in the capital of Georgia at its height.
Source: korrespondent
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