Protesters in Tbilisi demanded the release of arrested demonstrators.

On the 484th day of continuous protests outside the Georgian Parliament, activists protested administrative arrests for blocking the sidewalk and announced a march in solidarity with Elene Khoshtaria.

As "Caucasian Knot" reported, on March 24, participants in the protest outside the Georgian Parliament daubed Kakha Kaladze's election banner with protest slogans, expressing solidarity with Elene Khoshtaria, who was convicted of damaging his campaign poster. On March 25, a court in Tbilisi sentenced three more protesters on Rustaveli to administrative arrest.

Supporters of Georgia's European integration, who gathered this evening on the pedestrian section of Rustaveli Avenue near the parliament, demanded the release of political prisoners—all those imprisoned for participating in demonstrations against the policies of the Georgian Dream party. Today marks the 484th consecutive day of protests.

In addition to national and EU flags, protesters carried posters reading "Freedom for Prisoners of Conscience," "No Justice, No Peace," "Fight for Others' Freedom to Find Your Own," "A Slap in the Face of the Regime," "Thieves Are Sitting in Parliament, While Law-Abiding Citizens Are Being Taken to Pretrial Detention Centers for Standing on the Sidewalk," "Freedom for Zviad Ratiani," and "Mariam Is Now in Pretrial Detention Center for Standing on the Sidewalk."

Some activists once again expressed solidarity with Elene Khoshtaria, holding photographs of the opposition leader taken during demonstrations instead of posters, according to posts by photographer Mo Se and Georgian media outlets on Facebook*.

Protesters announced a march under the slogan "Freedom for Elene and Other Prisoners of Conscience" for Saturday, March 28. "We are not afraid! We will not stop! "We will fight for Elene and for Georgia's European future!" Pirveli TV quoted the march organizers as saying.

Tbilisi Mayor and Georgian Dream Secretary General Kakha Kaladze expressed dissatisfaction with the reaction of foreign diplomats to the verdict handed down to Elene Khoshtaria for damaging his campaign banners. He accused the diplomats of interfering in the country's domestic affairs and claimed that his campaign headquarters had been attacked, Tbilisi_life reports.

The convicted opposition figure, he said, "should have thought about her four children a little earlier." "This wasn't just damaging a banner or a photograph. This was obstruction of the election campaign, despite numerous calls." You won't find a single instance of us, politicians, coming to the office of any political party, insulting them, damaging their posters and banners (...) Ms. Elene Khoshtaria had the opportunity to admit what she had damaged and pay bail, but she decided to do otherwise,” the channel quotes Kaladze as saying.

Protesters in Georgia have been demanding new parliamentary elections and the release of political prisoners since November 28, 2024. Security forces carried out violent dispersals of the protests, using tear gas and water cannons, and detained protesters. Thousands of people were subjected to administrative prosecution during the protests. The "Caucasian Knot" has prepared a report "The Main Thing About the Persecution of Protesters in Georgia".