Georgia arrests opposition leader amid crackdown on pro-EU voices

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00:00They want to join the European Union, a dream they feel their government is derailing.

00:06In the streets of Tbilisi, protesters mobilised once again on Saturday,

00:11further angered by the Georgian Dream Party government and its anti-European measures.

00:17The government is clearly out of the constitutional order.

00:20They have violated it multiple times.

00:22And it seems that they are determined to stay on the authoritarian path and even go farther.

00:30To finally choke the resilience of Georgian people and turn it into a great mass of obedience.

00:37The European Union has not signalled it has given up on Georgia,

00:41but it is threatening to waive a visa-free travel in a bid to deter the government's authoritarian drift.

00:48Opposition leaders, rights activists and journalists have recently been arrested,

00:53the latest of which was Levin Kavishvili, head of Georgia's main opposition group, the United National Movement.

00:58He was accused of bribing members of the security forces and detained on Thursday.

01:04Days earlier, he called for a peaceful overthrow at upcoming municipal elections

01:10and for Georgians to unite to return to their European family.

01:16Authorities have also cracked down on the widespread protests that have been ongoing since the October 2024 parliamentary elections.

01:23Demonstrators say the result was rigged and that the Georgian Dream Party was elected with aid from Moscow.

01:31Their movement has recently lost momentum, but the opposition hopes to mobilise again ahead of the upcoming local vote.

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