Georgian police have raided the offices of an opposition party and arrested its leader in an apparent attempt to squelch a wave of mass protests over the decision to suspend negotiations on joining the European Union.
Demonstrators participate in a rally to protest against the government’s decision to suspend negotiations on joining the Europe an Union in Tbilisi, Georgia, early Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024. Demonstrators walk along a street during a rally to protest against the government’s decision to suspend negotiations on joining the Europe an Union in Tbilisi, Georgia, early Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024.
Georgian media reported that police also raided the offices of several other opposition groups and non-government organizations. Mass opposition protests sparked by the vote gained new momentum after the governing party’s decision on Thursday to put the EU accession talks on hold. Zourabichvili urged the country’s Western partners to respond to Wednesday’s wave of police raids of opposition groups by putting “strong pressure on a ruling party that is driving the country over the cliff!” “Do not be late!” she wrote on social platform X.
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