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| Pro-EU protesters clash with police in Georgia (VIDEOS) | Pro-EU protesters clash with police in Georgia (VIDEOS) |
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| Opposition parties were outraged by the government decision to freeze European integration talks | Opposition parties were outraged by the government decision to freeze European integration talks |
| Pro-EU protesters clashed with police in Georgia’s capital, Tbilisi, on Thursday evening, after the government suspended accession negotiations with the bloc. | Pro-EU protesters clashed with police in Georgia’s capital, Tbilisi, on Thursday evening, after the government suspended accession negotiations with the bloc. |
| Protesters gathered outside the parliament building on Rustaveli Avenue, denouncing the ruling Georgian Dream party. | |
| The demonstration was backed by several opposition parties, as well Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili. | |
| Police attempted to disperse the crowd with tear gas and a water cannon. | |
| And the water cannon comes out...Here we go pic.twitter.com/UStwiVovPO | |
| The Interior Ministry said that protesters violated the country’s assembly laws and threw “different objects” at the officers. Three policemen were injured, the ministry said in a statement. | The Interior Ministry said that protesters violated the country’s assembly laws and threw “different objects” at the officers. Three policemen were injured, the ministry said in a statement. |
| Chichinadze is hot aspot pic.twitter.com/FrXjuzgcF5 | Chichinadze is hot aspot pic.twitter.com/FrXjuzgcF5 |
| The police are using tear gas against the demonstrators. #happeningnow#GeorgiaProtestspic.twitter.com/yoKnHwWkMV | The police are using tear gas against the demonstrators. #happeningnow#GeorgiaProtestspic.twitter.com/yoKnHwWkMV |
| The situation on Chichinadze Street remains tense as more and more people seem to be arriving. A gas canister was reportedly thrown from behind the police line, which was then thrown back by the demonstrators. Meanwhile, there are reports of riot police arriving on the scene.🎥… pic.twitter.com/8nEzV2RIcB | The situation on Chichinadze Street remains tense as more and more people seem to be arriving. A gas canister was reportedly thrown from behind the police line, which was then thrown back by the demonstrators. Meanwhile, there are reports of riot police arriving on the scene.🎥… pic.twitter.com/8nEzV2RIcB |
| The opposition has long been accusing the government of sabotaging the negotiations aimed at bringing Georgia into the EU, which have been going on since the mid-2000s. The tensions only increased after last month’s parliamentary election, which the opposition claimed was rigged by Georgian Dream. |