Georgia authorities had remanded 107 people in the capital city of Tbilisi overnight during a protest against the government’s decision to halt European Union accession talks. This was made public by the country’s interior ministry reports on Saturday.
EU membership is highly popular in Georgia, with opinion polls repeatedly showing strong public support.
Thousands of protesters have taken to the streets for two straight nights, fighting with riot police who employed water cannons and tear gas to scatter the crowds.
The stopping of application talks has been met with widespread anger and criticism in the country, which has the aim of EU membership written into its constitution.
