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Tbilisi, Oct 2 (EFE / EPA) .- (Camera: Zurab Kurtsikidze) Georgians began voting in municipal elections on Saturday in a climate of tension between the government and the opposition, after the arrest of former Georgian president Mikhail Saakashvili and the crisis that the country has been experiencing since the 2020 parliamentary elections, plagued by allegations of fraud and protests.FOOTAGE OF VOTING IN TBILISI.
Images of a smiling and handcuffed ex-president of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili being taken from a police vehicle and escorted by two officers inside a facility, in a video released by Georgian interior ministry. Saakashvili, a flamboyant pro-Western reformer who left the Caucasus country after his second term as president ended in 2013, announced his return in video messages on Friday, a day before closely watched local elections. IMAGES
Tbilisi (Georgia), Feb 23 (EFE/EPA) - (Camera: Zurab Kurtsikidze) Hundreds of demonstrators gathered Tuesday outside the Georgian government headquarters to protest against the arrest of the leader of the opposition United National Movement (MNU), Nikanor Melia, accused of organizing serious riots in the Georgian capital two years ago.FOOTAGE OF THE PROTEST.
Police arrest a demonstrator in Minsk on the sixteenth consecutive day of protest against President Alexander Lukashenko's disputed re-election. On Sunday 23 August 2020, tens of thousands took part in some of the largest protests in the country's recent history for a second Sunday in a row. IMAGES
Protestors are seen being detained by police officers in Tbilisi, Georgia, as thousands gather outside parliament against the adoption of a controversial Kremlin-style "foreign influence" law. Tbilisi has seen three straight nights of mass rallies over the bill that mirrors repressive laws on advocacy groups and media outlets introduced in Russia, and that have been slammed by the European Union and the United States. IMAGES
Leaders of "INDIA" opposition alliance and thousands of supporters rally at New Delhi's Ramlila Maidan to protest the arrest of Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, one of the key leaders of the opposition bloc. Kejriwal has been incarcerated for over a week in connection with a long-running corruption probe. India's main financial investigation agency, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has also launched probes into at least four other state chief ministers or their family members, and all the investigations involve political opponents of Modi's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). IMAGES