Day 6: Tbilisi Protests Stable, Mostly Uneventful
Protest day 6, demonstration on Kostava Avenue in front of the Public Broadcaster on Tuesday April 14
TBILISI, Georgia – Day six of Georgia’s anti-government protests remained as stable as in previous days, with a few thousand protesters starting in front of Parliament in the afternoon and then splitting into different groups by 6:30 p.m.: one in front of the Georgia Public Broadcasting building, and one in front of the Avlabari Presidential residence/office compound, where protesters stayed all night in tents.
Protesters put up five mini prison cells in the road in front of the Public Broadcaster, where Alliance for Georgia party leaders plan to spend the night, and had blocked Kostava Avenue, the main road in front of the building, by 6:30 p.m.
Rustaveli Avenue in front of Parliament is also blocked.
Earlier in the day, protesters also met in front of Tbilisi State University, where opposition leaders connected the protest to the day’s holiday, Georgian Language Day. The national holiday has been in effect to celebrate large protests in 1978 against the soviet decision to change the national language from Georgian to Russian. The Soviets eventually backed down, on April 14.
“I will not produce films any more until we will make this tyrant resign,” declared Georgian film producer Giorgi Shengelaia at the university.
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