Tbilisi | Federico Baccini | 20 December 2024

Physical attacks, insults, obstacles at work, damage to equipment, arrests. In Georgia journalists have become a target of police violence during the street protests, while state broadcasters are accused of disinformation

Tbilisi’s Holiday Protests: Georgians March and Dance for New Elections

In Tbilisi, street protests launched at the end of November calling for new elections continue. A large part of the population refuses to accept the outcome of a controversial vote to elect a new parliament on October 26. Photos and texts by Onnik James Krikorian

Georgia, protests continue

Anti-government protests continue unabated in the Georgian capital. They were sparked, after October's controversial elections, by statements by Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze, according to whom the government intended to suspend EU accession negotiations. Although the numbers of the demonstrations are controversial, participation is transversal: from left to right, from intellectuals to workers. Photos and texts by Onnik James Krikorian

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