Two groups are holding protest rallies on Rustaveli Avenue
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Two opposing groups are holding a protest rally on Rustaveli Avenue.
The central road is divided into two parts - one occupied by the White Noise Movement activists supporting drug policy liberalisation and criticizing the police raid of night clubs while the other group is made up of protesters headed by right-wing Georgian National Unity.
The counter protesters are trying to cross the road to reach the other demonstrators which is currently being prevented by a police chain organised in between.Several people were detained for administrative offences.
Hundreds of protesters have closed Rustaveli avenue in Tbilisi criticising police raid of the night clubs Bassiani and Cafe Gallery yesterday resulting in the detention of eight drug traffickers.
The PM‘s briefing was followed by the mobilization of increased number of armed forces at Rustaveli Avenue to prevent any possible confrontation.
A peaceful resolution of possible confrontation between the two groups came after a more than one hour meeting between the Minister of Internal Affairs accompanied by Tbilisi Mayor and the White Noise Movement leaders inside the parliament building.
The Georgian Interior Minister Giorgi Gakharia stated today after his meeting with the organisers of the large-scale rally on Rustaveli Avenue on 12-13 May that an agreement has been achieved on a "top issue.” The minister stated that the raid in nightclubs on May 12 came after 48 cases of drug intoxication of clubbers over the past two weeks.
The Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili has stated that there is no wall between the current Georgian leadership and the people and that his government never refrains from communication with the country’s youth.