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‘I’m in awe of our young people’: How Georgia’s Gen Z are taking on teargas, rubber bullets and the threat of arrest
The Georgian government’s bid to pass Russia-style law has met spirited opposition, mostly from young people keen to lean towards Europe
The finale of Beethoven’s “revolutionary” fifth symphony was met with deafening applause at the National Opera and Ballet Theatre in Tbilisi last Thursday night. The cheers grew into a powerful expression of solidarity with the protests outside on Rustaveli Avenue.
People hung EU flags from the theatre’s balconies and shouted, “No to the Russian Law! Europe! Georgia [Sa-kar-tve-lo]!”
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‘Bullet wounds are common’: crime rife in DRC’s rebel-besieged city of Goma
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