Demonstrators in Tbilisi honored the memory of the activist from Martvili.
On the 713th day of continuous protests, participants in the demonstration in Tbilisi honored the memory of elderly activist Mzisa Gabeshia, who had been conducting pro-European pickets in Martvili alone since 2024.
As reported by "Caucasian Knot", on November 9, on the 712th day of the protest, citizens of Georgia gathered in the center of Tbilisi and demanded to return the country to a pro-European political course.
Supporters of Georgia's Eurointegration, demanding the release of all political prisoners and a change in foreign policy, gathered today in front of the parliament building on Rustaveli Avenue for the 713th evening in a row, Netgazeti reports.
Protesters, as in all previous days, brought national flags as well as flags of the European Union and Ukraine. Some activists also come every evening to the Tbilisi City Council building: today they joined animal rights defenders, demanding an end to the cruel treatment of dogs caught on the streets and holding those responsible accountable.
Demonstrators held signs reading "Georgia without Ivanishvili", "Why do all the cops have no shame?" and "Russia is an occupier", according to photographs by Georgy Mosiashvili (Mo Se).
One of the signs read: "Mzisa Gabeshia, we will carry your struggle to the end." It is dedicated to the 75-year-old activist from the small town of Martvili, whose death was announced today. "She also actively supported political prisoners and sometimes came to major protests in Tbilisi," writes Tbilisi_life.
Since the start of daily protests in 2024, Mzisa Gabeshia had been going alone every day to the Martvili administration building with an EU flag to hold a picket with signs supporting the European course. "As long as there is at least one person standing on Rustaveli, I will stand in Martvili," Gabeshia told the publication MtisAmbebi.
Activists in Tbilisi held a symbolic memorial action and expressed condolences to Mzisa Gabeshia's family. The woman had been experiencing health problems recently, notes the Pirveli television company.
Participants in the protests in Georgia have been demanding new parliamentary elections and the release of political prisoners since November 28, 2024. Security forces have conducted harsh dispersals of protests, using tear gas and water cannons, and detained protesters. During the protests, thousands of people have faced administrative prosecution. "Caucasian Knot" has prepared a report "Main points on the persecution of protest participants in Georgia".