Georgia's 100 Days Of Protest
- By Mzia Saganelidze and
- Dato Koridze
On November 28, the Georgian prime minister announced his government would delay EU accession talks “until 2028,” sparking protests that have continued for the past 100 days. RFE/RL photographers in Georgia have been documenting the unrest from day one.
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A masked police officer kicks a smoke bomb on November 29 during the second night of protests after the Georgian government announced the suspension of EU accession talks.
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Protesters wave Georgian and EU flags outside the Georgian parliament building on November 29.
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Protesters are treated inside an ambulance amid heavy police use of tear gas on November 29.
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A protester is detained by riot police on Tbilisi's central Rustaveli Avenue on November 30. The level of violence shown by police forces resulted in the EU imposing visa restrictions on Georgian diplomats and government officials.
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A protester wearing a gas mask amid heavy police use of tear gas on December 1.
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Police officers advance towards protesters on December 2. One of the officers dropped his baton amid the charge.
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Protesters on Rustaveli Avenue armed with clubs and makeshift shields on December 4.
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Protesters burn an effigy of Bidzina Ivanishvili on December 9. The billionaire former prime minister is the founder of the ruling Georgian Dream party. Many Georgians expressed their distaste at this symbolic form of protest.
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Protesters photographed under Christmas lighting on Rustaveli Avenue on December 21.
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Protesters play the strategy board game Go amid protests on Rustaveli Avenue on January 13.
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Marchers calling for new elections walk along a highway in central Tbilisi on February 15.
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Demonstrators march in Tbilisi on February 21 demanding the release of more than 50 protesters who remain in prison.
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Georgia's former President Salome Zurabishvili, the most prominent political supporter of the anti-government protests, greets protesters on December 25.
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Protesters burn a pinata depicting Georgia's riot police chief Zviad Kharazishvili on Rustaveli Avenue on February 18.
