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Suspect given bail after National Library violence

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Video still shows Gela Mamaladze in the moment he hit member of parliament Chiora Taktakishvili Feb. 8, 2013.

TBILISI, DFWatch–The man suspected of beating a member of parliament outside the National Library last Friday was Monday allowed to go free until his trial for a USD 1 200 bail.

Gela Mamaladze is charged with physically assaulting Chiora Taktakishvili, Sergo

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Two people fined for Friday's violence

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Interior Minister Irakli Gharibashvili in front of the National Library Feb. 8, 2013. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s Prosecutor’s Office asks Tbilisi City Court to impose pre-trial measures against Gela Mamaladze, the man who is accused of beating opposition members outside the National Library on Friday.

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Ivanishvili and Saakashvili facing off on Facebook

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Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili’s official Facebook page.

TBILISI, DFWatch–The prime minister and the president in Georgia are continuing to challenge eachother’s versions of a violent street clash Friday – via Facebook.

Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili Sunday evening issued another statement as answer to President

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EU 'deeply concerned' by Friday's violence in Georgia

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Protesters angry about the torture of prisoners blocking the entrance to the National Library before President Saakashvili’s state of the nation address. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Two EU foreign policy spokespersons express deep concern over the violent incidents in front of the National Library in Tbilisi February 8.

A violent clash developed as a column of activists for President Mikheil Saakashvili’s National Movement party, led

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Saakashvili calls on government for dialogue

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President Mikheil Saakashvili invites Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili and his team to a dialogue. (Photo: President’s press office.)

Tbilisi, DF Watch–Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili welcomes a statement by Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili condemning Friday’s violence in front of the National Library and invites him to a new dialogue.

Saakashvili said he welcomed ‘the fact that the Prime

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Reactions and explanations after the violence in Georgia

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Reactions are strong against the political violence, but some question the actions of Tbilisi Mayor Gigi Ugulava. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Some of the top people in President Mikheil Saakashvili’s National Movement party Friday clashed with a crowd mostly consisting of protesters who were angry about the treatment of political prisoners.

Over a hundred political prisoners were recently

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