Police have started dispersing protesters who gathered near the parliament for a spontaneous rally in Tbilisi overnight on Nov. 29, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty reports.
The protest followed Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze's statement that Georgia's integration into the European Union could be postponed until 2028, prompting outrage among some in society, who are demanding changes in the country's political course.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) reported that 107 individuals were detained during the November 29 protest outside the parliament building on the administrative law violations on the facts of disobedience to the police and petty hooliganism, Georgian Public Broadcaster reports.
According to the MIA, the protesters verbally and physically assaulted police officers, they threw various objects, bottles and fireworks. Ten MIA officers were injured and one was placed at the clinic with body burns.
The MIA informed that protesters damaged municipal or private infrastructure, installed barriers, and damaged the parliament’s entry fence and video surveillance cameras.
