In a nationally televised address, Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili has called on protesters in the capital to remain calm and refrain from violence as demonstrators angered by police antidrug raids continued to rally in front of the parliament building.
Georgian far-right groups marched in Tbilisi on May 13 in condemnation of the rallies of club goers who have been protesting since a May 12 drug raid on two popular music clubs. (RFE/RL's Georgian Service)
Dozens of Georgians danced to the sounds of electronic music in downtown Tbilisi on May 13 in a protest against overnight drug raid against two popular music clubs in the capital.
Demonstrators who have been protesting drug raids by police in Tbilisi have continued their demonstration, after local authorities dismantled a protest camp they had set up in front of the parliament building.
Thousands of people gathered in front of the Georgian parliament building in Tbilisi on May 12 to protest an overnight antidrug raid by police on two popular nightclubs in the capital, calling on the interior minister to resign.
The Georgian Interior Ministry said its officers had detained eight "drug dealers" after storming Tbilisi's two music nightclubs, Bassiani and Cafe Gallery, in the early hours of May 12. Police arrested several protesters near the clubs at dawn as authorities tried to close off nearby streets.
Thousands of people have taken to the streets in Georgia to protest an overnight drug raid by police on two popular nightclubs in the capital, demanding the resignations of the interior minister and the prime minister.
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Billionaire and former Georgian Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili will retake control of the ruling Georgian Dream party, which he founded.
The media watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is warning that violations of press freedom are no longer the practice of authoritarian regimes and dictatorships.
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