Forty-plus people in hospital as Georgia police and protestors clash

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57% : The statement condemned Georgia's decision to halt its efforts towards EU accession.
49% : The opposition is boycotting the new parliament, while pro-EU President Salome Zurabishvili has asked the constitutional court to annul the election result, declaring the new legislature and government 'illegitimate'.'Georgian Dream... is a Russian government, and they must go,' demonstrator Alexandre Diasamidze, a 32-year-old bartender, told AFP.
44% : Georgian opposition supporters burn effigy of Georgian Prime Minister Kobakhidze, during a protest in front of the Parliament building in Tbilisi, Georgia, 30 November 2024Demonstrators shoot fireworks at the police during a protest outside the parliament on November 30, 2024 in Tbilisi, GeorgiaDemonstrators rally outside the parliament's building, center left, to protest the governments' decision to suspend negotiations on joining the European Union for four years in Tbilisi, Georgia, on Saturday, Nov. 30, 2024A supporter of Georgia's opposition holds a European Union flag while attending a rally to protest after the government halted the EU application process until 2028Thousands of Georgian protesters gather outside the parliament building to oppose the government's decision to delay European Union (EU) accession negotiations until 2028, in Tbilisi, Georgia on November 28, 2024Demonstrators rally outside the parliament's building, center left, to protest the governments' decision to suspend negotiations on joining the European Union for four years in Tbilisi, Georgia, on Saturday, Nov. 30, 2024Police were seen brutalising protesters in TbilisiRead More Mayhem in Georgia as protesters with home-made MACHINE GUN blast riot cops'We are not demanding a revolution.
43% : Police in Georgia fired tear gas and water cannon on Sunday night on a fourth straight day of pro-EU protests that drew tens of thousands of people, as the Georgian prime minister rebuffed calls for new elections and blamed 'foreign instructors' for the clashes.

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