TBILISI (Reuters) - The Georgian government is pushing forward with a legislative package that would increase penalties for protest-related offences - in some cases to many years in prison - as the South Caucasus country grapples with a protracted political crisis.
Georgians have been rallying nightly since November, when the ruling Georgian Dream party, now in its fourth term in power, said it was suspending European Union accession talks until 2028, abruptly halting a long-standing national goal.
