To mark exactly a month of pro-European Union protests,
thousands of people formed a human chain in Georgia's capital Tbilisi on Saturday,
demanding new parliamentary elections.
The post-Soviet country has been on edge since the contested parliamentary polls in October,
which saw the ruling Georgian Dream party take over 54% of the vote, according to electoral officials.
Many, including President Salome Zourabichvili, claim that the election had been stolen.
The ongoing demonstrations erupted on November 28
after the Georgian Dream administration decided to postpone the opening of EU integration talks for several years.
Hundreds of people have since been arrested amid a violent clampdown on the protests.
Rights groups allege some of them have been tortured.
https://www.dw.com/en/georgia-pro-eu-protesters-president-form-human-chain/a-71177123
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