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The water cannon got turned on again on Rustaveli. For what?! So that people stop going to protests? What are the goals of this violence? Video by Mariam Nikuradze 🇪🇺@EU_Report 🇬🇪

Protesters begin to defend themselves from illegal detentions and sadists Video by @GeoVol20 🇪🇺@EU_Report 🇬🇪

How the dispersal and arrests began Video by Mariam Nikuradze 🇪🇺@EU_Report 🇬🇪

The special forces continue to move along Rustaveli with a water cannon and the disperse signal turned off. Protesters retreat 🇪🇺@EU_Report 🇬🇪

Then the 'special forces' began to push back the protesters; the huge crowd began to retreat. Why is this dispersal necessary? 🇪🇺@EU_Report 🇬🇪

At the same time, the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs published the following statement: “On Rustaveli Avenue, in the area of ​​the legislative body, employees of various departments of the Ministry of Internal Affairs have been mobilized to maintain law and order in connection with the current action. The groups participating in the action have already committed several illegal actions, which included shooting pyrotechnics and various objects at the parliament building and law enforcement officials, as a result of which one employee of the Ministry of Internal Affairs was injured. <> We call on the participants of the action to express their protest within the framework established by law. Each illegal action will have an appropriate legal response from the police." 🇪🇺@EU_Report 🇬🇪

Protesters chant "Russians" to the special forces with a water cannon. No one is afraid on Rustaveli now, everyone is very angry and just swearing heartily. According to the reports, the number of people coming to the protests is increasing. 🇪🇺@EU_Report 🇬🇪

In the lobby of the Tavisupleba metro station, citizens booed the police, surrounding them from all sides. Video: Konstantin Stalinsky 🇪🇺@EU_Report 🇬🇪

In Batumi, they were also watching Droeba's stream about the beaten protesters 🇪🇺@EU_Report 🇬🇪

Doctor Jaba Zarkua, seeing how hospitals were keeping silent about the victims and how the Ministry of Health was hiding the situation, decided to take responsibility for making public the condition of those beaten and gassed. He had previously asked hospital management to publish the information, but there was no response. "I appeal to young doctors from the Gudushauri and Ingorokva clinics. Your management will never disclose data on the victims (meaning general data), because you yourself understand perfectly well that their existence is based on rotten, corrupt loyalty. Yesterday I gave them a perfect chance – without the press and cameras – to at least through me spread general information about the victims. They did not take advantage of this chance. Although I did not want to be a spokesman for the loyalists, I thought: business is business. But they missed this chance. Now I turn to you, wonderful professionals with whom I have developed strong professional relationships while we work together to achieve a common goal. Now the ball is in your court. Please provide the following information: 1. How many victims are there in your clinics? 2. What is their health condition? (mild, moderate, severe – according to your assessment). 3. Demographic data: (male/female, <20 years, 20–50 years, >50 years). 4. I will be glad if you write this in the comments, post it on your pages, and I will share it. Or write to me personally here or by email ( _jabazarqua@gmail.com), and I will pass the information on. Remember that our colleague and friend, Dr. Vato, who yesterday in an interview spoke with trepidation about the memory of Mr. Gudushauri, was beaten while performing his medical duties. Sharing general information about victims is the bare minimum we can do for each other, for our profession and for our patients ✊ We gave the management a chance and they failed. Now we have to act ourselves." 🇪🇺@EU_Report 🇬🇪

Meanwhile, at the rally in Batumi 🇪🇺@EU_Report 🇬🇪

Yesterday's escalation by the regime's police-thugs Detention at the Ploshchad Svobody metro station. Reason unknown. Video by Tv Formula 🇪🇺@EU_Report 🇬🇪

Three members of the youth wing of the United National Movement (UNM) party were sentenced to administrative arrest, one of them was fined ₾3,000 ($1,061). ➖Irakli Ardia — administrative arrest for 7 days; ➖Vakho Gagnodze — administrative arrest for 14 days; ➖Saba Birkaia — administrative arrest for 7 days; ➖Mishiko Dzhanikashvili — a fine of ₾3,000 ($1,061). ➖The trial of Davit Gedenidze was postponed until December 13. 🇪🇺@EU_Report 🇬🇪

❗️The international organization Transparency International Georgia (TIG) has summarized statistics on detained protesters from November 28 to today. ❗️According to the organization, during the protests, police detained about 400 people, more than 300 of whom were beaten and subjected to inhuman treatment, while the number of police officers punished is 0. Basic data: ➖ About 400 people were detained (more than 350 of them on administrative cases, 26 on criminal cases); ➖More than 300 people were subjected to beatings/torture and inhuman treatment; ➖ The age of the detainees ranges from 15 to 60 years . Among the detainees are men, women and children; ➖Among those detained are 7 foreigners; ➖Judges apply harsh penalties: fines from 2,000 to 3,000₾ or arrest for a period of 4 to 14 days; ➖ More than 80 detainees required hospitalization; 🔻The whereabouts of the detainees remained unknown to lawyers for several hours; 🔻Judges make decisions based on police testimony, without taking into account evidence provided by lawyers; 🔻Not a single case of beatings or torture of detainees was referred to the Special Investigative Service by judges; 🔻 Judges do not allow detainees to talk about cases of beatings and torture, claiming that this does not concern them; 🔻 Number of police officers punished: 0. 🇪🇺@EU_Report 🇬🇪

Revaz Kiknadze, who was illegally detained during a protest, went on a hunger strike and also stated that they tried to force him to provide false testimony against opposition politicians: "I am writing this letter from a temporary detention facility. I was detained illegally. They demanded that I provide false information and name the people who allegedly financed me and gave me orders. They asked me to name Dzhaparidze, Khoshtaria, Gvaramia and others. I could not name these names, since nothing like that happened. I am going on a hunger strike. Together we will win this fight." Photo by Mtavari 🇪🇺@EU_Report 🇬🇪

Joint statement of Georgian IT industry representatives: "We, representatives of information technology (IT), are members of a profession created by the latest progress, and it is fundamental for us to be part of a progressive and developing world. We condemn: ➖excessive use of force against protesters, illegal detentions, ➖intimidation and other criminal acts committed by the de facto authorities. 🔻We believe that: ➖our fellow citizens detained during the protests must be released, ➖citizens of Georgia must be given the opportunity to choose our future in a democratic way, with accessibility and confidentiality, without any interference and pressure. Georgia has always been a part of Europe, and we are confident that it will definitely become an equal member of the Union of European States," the statement says, which has so far been signed by more than 160 citizens. 🇪🇺@EU_Report 🇬🇪

Tbilisi Mayor Kakha Kaladze posted a video on Instagram in which he echoes Putin's narrative, claiming that Zelensky serves the interests of a foreign country. But, most importantly, he made this video with Ukrainian subtitles. "I understand the situation of this person, I mean Zelensky. I do not wish the enemy to be in the situation he is in. Today, he does not belong to himself, his family, and, what is most difficult, he does not belong to Ukraine and the Ukrainian people. He serves the interests of another country. I am sure that the Ukrainian people will very soon understand everything, analyze what processes took place, whose help caused the disasters that, unfortunately, are happening in Ukraine today," Kaladze says in the video. He also added that many Ukrainian families in Tbilisi “fled from the war” and are receiving assistance from the mayor’s office, and that the response to the sanctions would be to discontinue this assistance. One question: Is the Mayor of Tbilisi or the "Georgian Dream" providing this assistance from their own pockets?! Or is it all paid for by the country's taxpayers? Ukraine has imposed sanctions on Kaladze and 18 other members of the regime. I think it's clear who is serving the interests of a foreign country...or shall I say tsar? 🇪🇺@EU_Report 🇬🇪

On the condition of 22-year-old Alexi Tirkia, in induced coma for four days. "Aleksi is still in a serious, stable condition in intensive care... Today they started to reduce the dose of sleeping pills, which gives hope... Thank you for your interest in Alexis' condition... I feel great warmth and moral support from you ❤️. Alexi is a real fighter, and I believe that he will win this fight too, and then personally thank each of you ❤️," writes his aunt Eka Tirkia. According to the doctor, Alexi was admitted with an open head wound, a fracture of the frontal bone and the upper wall of the orbit, as well as a contusion. Doctors could preserve the integrity of the eyeballs, but there was traumatic hemorrhage in the membranes. The victim's uncle told reporters outside the Ingorokva clinic that Alexi called his grandmother and said he was surrounded. During this conversation, a gas capsule hit him in the eyebrow area, and his girlfriend in the leg. His both parents are in exile. 🇪🇺@EU_Report 🇬🇪

It is reported that lawyers were yesterday on duty at the Ploshchad Svoboda metro station to prevent the police from conducting illegal searches. 🇪🇺@EU_Report 🇬🇪

Just like day before, opposite the Blue Gallery on Rustaveli, the participants of the action brought treats for each other And they share information in the same group that the ruling Georgian Nightmare party called "revolutionary". 🇪🇺@EU_Report 🇬🇪