2009 Georgian demonstrations

2009 Georgian demonstrations
2009 Georgian demonstrations
	Day 2 of demonstrations
Date	9 April – 24 July 2009
Location	Georgia
Caused by	Election controversy; Political corruption; Poverty; Effects of the 2008 Russo-Georgian war; Human rights violations; Mass incarceration
Goals	Resignation of Mikheil Saakashvili; Release of political prisoners;
Methods	Demonstrations, civil disobedience, road blockades
Resulted in	No policy/leadership change in response to the protests
Parties
Georgian opposition: Alliance for Freedom; Conservative Party; Democratic Movement–United Georgia; Georgia's Way; Industry Will Save Georgia; Movement for United Georgia; People's Party; Georgian Labour Party; Alliance for Georgia;	Government of Georgia Ministry of Internal Affairs Police of Georgia; Constitutional Security Department; Special Operative Department; ; National Security Council;
Lead figures
	Gia Gachechiladze ; Levan Gachechiladze ; Nino Burjanadze; Salome Zurabishvili; Koba Davitashvili; Shalva Natelashvili Mikheil Saakashvili; Nika Gilauri; Vano Merabishvili

In 2009, a mass rally by a coalition of opposition parties took place in Georgia against the government of President Mikheil Saakashvili. Thousands of people demonstrated, mainly in the capital, Tbilisi, starting on 9 April 2009, demanding Saakashvili's resignation.^[1] On the first day of demonstrations, up to 40,000 people gathered in Tbilisi.^[2]^[3]^[4] Protests continued for over three months, although fewer people participated as time passed than during the first days. On 26 May 2009, the Georgian Independence Day, 60,000 protesters took part.^[5] Although peaceful at first, there were incidents of fighting between the Georgian police and protesters.^[6]^[7] The daily rallies gradually dwindled and ended, without achieving any tangible results, on 24 July –107 days after they kicked off.^[8]

^ "Georgia set for political rallies". BBC News. 9 April 2009. Archived from the original on 11 April 2009. Retrieved 9 April 2009.
^ "Georgians protest into the night". BBC News. 9 April 2009. Archived from the original on 10 April 2009. Retrieved 10 April 2009.
^ Cite error: The named reference rferl was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Shields, Samantha (9 April 2009). "Georgians Plan Big Protest of President". The Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on 11 April 2009. Retrieved 9 April 2009.
^ "Thousands attend Georgia protest". BBC News. 26 May 2009. Archived from the original on 28 May 2009. Retrieved 26 May 2009.
^ Cite error: The named reference civilge_clash was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Cite error: The named reference rows was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ End of Street Protests for Now Archived 26 May 2017 at the Wayback Machine. Civil Georgia. 27 July 2009

[bbc_first-1] "Georgia set for political rallies". BBC News. 9 April 2009. Archived from the original on 11 April 2009. Retrieved 9 April 2009.

[bbc_2nd-2] "Georgians protest into the night". BBC News. 9 April 2009. Archived from the original on 10 April 2009. Retrieved 10 April 2009.

[rferl-3] Cite error: The named reference rferl was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[wsj_first-4] Shields, Samantha (9 April 2009). "Georgians Plan Big Protest of President". The Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on 11 April 2009. Retrieved 9 April 2009.

[bbc_iday-5] "Thousands attend Georgia protest". BBC News. 26 May 2009. Archived from the original on 28 May 2009. Retrieved 26 May 2009.

[civilge_clash-6] Cite error: The named reference civilge_clash was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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[8] End of Street Protests for Now Archived 26 May 2017 at the Wayback Machine. Civil Georgia. 27 July 2009

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