2024–2026 Georgian protests
The 2024–2026 Georgian protests (Georgian: საქართველოს საპროტესტო აქციები, romanized: sakartvelos sap’rot’est’o aktsiebi) began on 28 October 2024 after the preliminary official results of the parliamentary election of 26 October were announced. The ruling Georgian Dream party, led by Bidzina Ivanishvili, declared victory according to those results. The demonstrators claimed that the elections were fraudulent, and demanded a recount and a new election. A string of protests and legal challenges against the election outcome took place in the following months and escalated on 28 November when the ruling party announced that, it would "suspend" the European Union accession process until the end of 2028. This decision occurred against the background of Georgians' high levels of trust in the EU. Police and ruling party-affiliated violent groups engaged in widespread violence and torture against protesters and journalists. Evidence circulated on social media indicating violence by the Titushky...
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