Government offers treatment abroad to teenager who lost eye during Tbilisi protests
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Mako Gomuri, 18, who lost her eye during the June 20 Tbilisi protests, will be provided with medical treatment abroad, Georgian government official Sozar Subari said.
He stated the Georgian government will do its best for all the injured to recover.
I feel very sorry for what happened,’ he added.
The teenage girl who has just been discharged will also be provided with medical treatment,” Subari said.
240 people including 80 police officers were injured on June 20 as police dispersed the protest rally in Tbilisi.
Protests still continue. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
Young Georgian actor Demetre Nakopia, also shot in the eye, was operated on and doctors managed to save his eye.
Early on June 20, Russian MP Sergey Gavrilov occupied the seat of the parliamentary speaker in the parliament to address the audience during the 26th Interparliamentary Assembly on Orthodoxy, being held in Georgia at the time.
The move caused protest amongst the public and opposition MPs.
Protestors gathered by the parliament. Late at night they tried to storm the building despite police warnings calling on them not to violate public order.
Riot police used rubber bullets, tear gas and water cannon but clashes between the protestors and law enforcers lasted all night long.
Thirteen people still remain hospitalised. Health condition of two being in intensive care department is stable.
32 journalists received injuries during the June 20 demonstration in Tbilisi, many of them were shot by rubber bullet shots, the Georgian Charter of Journalist Ethics said earlier today.
The United National Movement opposition party says that a demonstration on Rustaveli Avenue will be held at 7 p.m. today as the current Georgian Dream state leadership “has turned into a regime,” and the Georgian people “no longer want their leadership.” The opposition has three demands regarding top officials and elections.
The Georgian media reported that the number of journalists, cameramen and photographers representing a number of local news organisations is increasing after the recent clash in central Tbilisi.
Georgian Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze says that it was very difficult for him to see a Russian MP speak from the seat of the Georgian parliamentary chair. He says that the fact “affects national interests and the Georgian parliament.”
Cartu Foundation is willing to finance treatment of injured during the clash with police in front of the parliament of Georgia on June 20-21. Avtandil Talakvadze, Director at the Emergency Situation Coordination and Urgent Assistance Centre said only ten people remain in hospitals as of today.
Six people remain hospitalised out of 240 who were injured during the protest rally in front of the parliament of Georgia on June 20. Ruling party MP Dimitri Khundadze announced on behalf of the Georgian Dream that their main priority is to care for the health of citizens.
Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia, who was serving as interior minister during the June 20, 2019 rally dispersal in central Tbilisi, says that the Georgian government ‘prevented a large-scale destabilisation and chaos’ in the country.