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Georgia: two opposition representatives arrested during a demonstration

Georgian police arrested two opposition representatives on Sunday during a new demonstration against the government, accused by its detractors of an authoritarian drift prorussian and to seek to prevent a rapprochement with the European Union.

Nika Melia, of the Proeuropian Liberal Party Akhali, and Guigui Ougoulava, former mayor of Tbilisi, were arrested while participating with several thousand people in an attempted motorway, at the northern entrance to the capital, According to a journalist from the France-Presse agency. Other demonstrators, one of whom seemed injured, were also arrested. The Ministry of the Interior had previously warned that blocking a highway could be considered a “Punissable crime [d’une peine] up to four years in prison “.

Georgia has been shaken for three months by daily demonstrations against Georgian Dream, the ruling party. The political crisis began at the end of October, when the movement claimed victory after legislative elections that the opposition deemed fraudulent. It worsened the following month, when the party suspended the European Union membership process, a decision perceived as a betrayal by part of the country, notably pro-Western youth. The latter considers that the government prefers to get closer to Russia and wants to apply the Russian president's methods, Vladimir Putin.

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Source: Lemonde

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