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The opposition leader is violently pulled away by the police during the protests in Georgia

Politiko 2024-12-05 10:09:12

The opposition leader is violently pulled away by the police during the protests

The leader of Georgia's main opposition party has been arrested by police in the capital Tbilisi after he fell to the ground and fell unconscious, his party said, the most high-profile in a sweeping wave of arrests of senior opposition figures.

Georgia on Wednesday saw a seventh straight night of protests against a government decision to suspend the country's European Union membership talks, abruptly halting a long-standing national goal and prompting a police crackdown.

The opposition party Coalition for Change released a video on X showing Nika Gvaramia, the party's leader, being held by the arms and legs by several men down a flight of stairs.

The party said Gvaramia, a 48-year-old media manager-turned-politician, was "thrown into a detention car after being physically assaulted and rendered unconscious".

Reuters could not independently verify whether Gvaramia was beaten or not, but he did not appear to be moving as he sat down the stairs in the video released by his party.

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