Protest rally held in parallel to public festival Shuamtoba in Beshumi

16:58, 04.08.2019

Representatives of the United National Movement (UNM) held a protest rally in Beshumi, in parallel to the official event celebrating public festival Shuamtoba, attended by the Prime Minister of Georgia Mamuka Bakhtadze.

The protesters brought a banner with the inscription “Gakharia [Georgian Interior Minister] go home” and exposed it on the field. The minor confrontation took place between protesters and law enforcers during the rally.

The rally disassembled after when Prime Minister left the resort Beshumi.

The demand of resignation of Minister of Internal Affairs Giorgi Gakharia has remained unchanged of the protest since June 21 after the so-called Gavrilov Night when the protest was dispersed by the riot police with the use of tear gas, rubber bullets and water cannon. About 240 people both civilians and law-enforcers were injured during the night of June 20-21.

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