Barricades, overturned cars, gas: security forces brutally disperse protests in Georgia (video)

Protests continue in the center of Tbilisi throughout the night of 8-9 March. Special Forces used water cannon and pepper spray to oust the protesters from Rustaveli Street several times, but they returned after a while. Georgia Online writes about it.

According to journalists, the protesters are mostly young people. They gather in the central districts of the Georgian capital. In some places, demonstrators set up barricades consisting of benches and trash cans.

It was reported that the police used tear gas and water cannon to disperse the protests, but the protesters would not give up. The situation remains tense on Rustaveli Street, where security forces have driven the protesters away, but the demonstrators keep coming back.

Video from the scene is circulating on the Internet.

Also reporter Focus reported that protesters overturned two police cars. The demonstrators gathered at 5 points in the center of Tbilisi.

Georgia Online also reported that the Georgian Orthodox Church made the first statement since the protests began. So they said they prayed for peace and unanimity in the GOC Patriarchate. At the same time, as the newspaper wrote, on March 7, the police decided to transfer some of the detainees from Tbilisi to other cities.

Nona Kurdovanidze, head of the Georgian Young Lawyers Association (GYLA), told reporters that this limits the protection of their rights, as it is more difficult for lawyers to contact them and their relatives cannot find them.

It was previously reported that security forces surrounded protesters at the rally in Tbilisi. In the video made available to the editors, you can see a crowd of young people. Some use respirators.

We also remember that 15,000 people took to the streets in the capital of Georgia. The protesters declared that they were prepared not to go home, even if the security forces used special vehicles against them.