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Georgia: Pro-EU protesters, president form human chain – DW

Demonstrators created a human “Chain of Unity” in Tbilisi, a month after the government delayed talks on joining the EU.
Georgia is torn between its Russia-leaning ruling party and a pro-Western opposition.

The post-Soviet country has been on edge since the contested parliamentary polls in October, which saw the ruling Georgian Dream party take over 54% of the vote, according to electoral officials. Many, including President Salome Zourabichvili, claim that the election had been stolen.

The ongoing demonstrations erupted on November 28 after the Georgian Dream administration decided to postpone the opening of EU integration talks for several years.

Hundreds of people have since been arrested amid a violent clampdown on the protests. Rights groups allege some of them have been tortured.

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