Police have reportedly resorted to more heavy handed tactics in a bid to clamp down on the unrest with more than 400 protesters, including opposition leaders and activists, detained and more than 100 people treated for injuries.
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00:00Police in Georgia have used water cannon and tear gas to break up mass protests, sparked
00:07by the government's decision to suspend negotiations on joining the European Union.
00:13More than 400 protesters, including opposition leaders and activists, have been detained
00:17and more than 100 people treated for injuries.
00:21The ruling Georgian dream retained control of parliament in the disputed 26th of October
00:26election, a vote widely seen as a referendum on Georgia's EU aspirations.
00:32The opposition accused the governing party of rigging the vote with the help of neighboring
00:36Russia to keep the Moscow-friendly Georgian dream party in power.
00:40But the protests against the election spread beyond Tbilisi after the decision last Thursday
00:45to put EU accession talks on hold until at least 2028.
00:50That was in response to a European Parliament resolution that criticized the elections as
00:54neither free nor fair.