22:35, 18 November 2025

The hunger strike outside the Georgian parliament has continued for 22 days.

Eight opposition members have been on a hunger strike outside the Georgian parliament for 22 days, but the Ministry of Health has not responded to calls to send a medical team to the site.

As reported by the "Caucasian Knot" on November 17, the 21st day of their hunger strike, the participants reported deteriorating health and severe weakness. However, they emphasized that they will not end the hunger strike until their demands are met. A day earlier, activists began collecting signatures demanding the disclosure of the terms of an investment agreement with an Arab developer, under which a district in Tbilisi and a resort near Batumi are planned to be built.

On October 28, one of the leaders of the Coalition for Change, Gedevan Popkhadze, an activist of the United National Movement, Darejan Tskhvitaria, and several others announced a hunger strike in protest against the persecution of supporters of European integration. The action is being held outside the Georgian Parliament building, where protesters gather daily. On November 4, the total number of hunger strikers reached eight. On the 16th day of the action, one of the hunger strikers was hospitalized, but returned to the protests.

The hunger strike demanding new elections and the release of political prisoners has been ongoing for 22 days now, and the health of its participants is deteriorating daily. However, the Georgian Ministry of Health has not sent an ambulance to monitor the condition of the hunger strikers outside the parliament building, Pirveli reports.

The activists reaffirmed today that they will not end their hunger strike until their demands are met. They also expressed outrage at the new initiative of the Georgian Dream party to abolish voting abroad.

“Yesterday they announced that those outside Georgia would not have the right to participate in the elections. These people were forced to leave to earn a living for their children, but they are citizens of this country. The authorities are obliged to open polling stations abroad,” the television station quotes Darejan Tskhvitaria as saying.

The initiator of the protest, Gedevan Popkhadze, added that “there is no alternative to the round-the-clock protest on Rustaveli Avenue.”

Darejan Tskhvitaria, Gedevan Popkhadze, Kakha Eloshvili, and Vakhtang Machavariani have been on a hunger strike since October 28. Four more participants in the protest – Keso Dekanosidze, Tamaz Machavariani, Davit Chelidze and Irakli Gogouadze – joined the protest later, Tbilisi_life notes today.

Translated automatically via Google translate from https://www.kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/417308