“ In Tbilisi, law enforcement officers started detaining participants of a peaceful pro-European rally on Rustaveli Avenue on Wednesday evening. Source: “European Truth” with reference to “Echo Kavkazu” Details: The number of detainees is currently unknown. The police have already resumed traffic on the avenue blocked by demonstrators. Police snatched several protesters after Rustaveli Avenue was again blocked as part of daily Tbilisi rallies. Dozens were detained in the past days amid stricter protest laws.🎥 Nini Gabritchidze/Civil.ge pic.twitter.com/rbHIesKSto— Civil.ge (@CivilGe) October 22, 2025 Earlier, one of the participants of the action climbed onto a police car. According to information from social networks, she expressed her support for the convicted journalist Mzia Amaglobeli, who was awarded the Sakharov Prize by the European Parliament on Wednesday. Photo: “Echo Kavkaza” It is known that among those detained on Rustaveli Avenue is doctor Vazha Haprindashvili, who in 2019 was detained at the administrative border with the occupied territories and spent 48 days in prison in Tskhinvali. Wednesday evening was the first time demonstrators were detained right outside the parliament after new laws restricting rallies came into effect. Administrative arrest is now provided for “illegal blocking” of the road, and a criminal case for repeated violations. We will remind, at the protest action on October 4 in Tbilisi, on the day of the municipal elections, demonstrators who protested against the actions of the authorities tried to storm the presidential palace, clashes occurred. Prime Minister of Georgia Irakli Kobakhidze then declared that he would do everything to neutralize the largest opposition party in the country.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
Source: “European Truth” with reference to “Echo of the Caucasus”
Details: The number of detainees is currently unknown. The police have already resumed traffic on the avenue blocked by demonstrators.
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Earlier, one of the participants of the action climbed onto a police car. According to information from social networks, she expressed her support for the convicted journalist Mzia Amaglobeli, who was awarded the Sakharov Prize by the European Parliament on Wednesday.
Photo: “Echo of the Caucasus” It is known that among those detained on Rustaveli Avenue is doctor Vazha Haprindashvili, who in 2019 was detained at the administrative border with the occupied territories and spent 48 days in prison in Tskhinvali.
Wednesday evening was the first time demonstrators were detained right outside the parliament after new laws restricting rallies came into effect.
Administrative arrest is now provided for “illegal blocking” of the road, and a criminal case for repeated violations.
We will remind, at the protest action on October 4 in Tbilisi, on the day of the municipal elections, demonstrators who protested against the actions of the authorities tried to storm the presidential palace, clashes occurred.
Prime Minister of Georgia Irakli Kobakhidze then declared that he would do everything to neutralize the largest opposition party in the country.