Image source, Getty Images Image caption, Lawyers say many protesters who have been detained have been injured Georgia’s public rights defender, Levan Ioseliani, says police have engaged in “brutality” and abused their authority with impunity.

Georgian law enforcement officers have detained several participants in anti-government protests in Tbilisi following the government's decision to suspend Georgia's European integration until late 2028.

If brutish local police were Georgia’s only threat, pro-European protesters might be on solid ground. Speaking to your columnist from Tbilisi, demonstrators described a city in a febrile, daring mood since the ruling Georgian Dream party,

Police clashed with protesters in the Georgian capital Tbilisi early on Friday, after the country’s ruling party said the government would suspend talks on European Union accession and refuse budgetary grants until 2028.

Police in Georgia fired water cannon and tear gas to disperse protesters in Tbilisi, the capital, who opposed the government's decision to suspend talks on joining the European Union, while some were detained,

Thousands protested outside of the Georgian parliament in Tbilisi for a fifth straight night after the government suspended plans to join the European Union.

More than 100 demonstrators were arrested overnight in Georgia as protesters clashed with police following the government’s decision to suspend negotiations to join the European Union, the country’s Interior Ministry said.

Georgia, one of the former Soviet Union's most pro-Western successor states since 1991, has been gripped by crisis since last Thursday, when the ruling Georgian Dream party announ