Protesters in Tbilisi announced a march ahead of the Easter service.

Supporters of Georgia's European integration, despite the bad weather, gathered outside the parliament building on the 499th day of continuous protests. The march on Saturday, April 11, will be dedicated to the 500th day of street protests.

As "Caucasian Knot" reported, on April 8, the 497th day of continuous protests, mothers and fathers of prisoners of conscience gathered outside the Georgian parliament building. They announced that, holding photographs of their children, they would spend the entire night at the memorial to the heroes who died on April 9, 1989. Representatives of Georgia's political leadership laid flowers at the memorial in the morning amid the protests, which required a police cordon. One man was detained when he attempted to remove wreaths laid by government representatives from the memorial grounds and shouted obscenities at Bidzina Ivanishvili, the honorary founder of the Georgian Dream party. The posters held by participants in the evening rally near the parliament were dedicated to the victims of "Bloody Sunday."

Participants in the daily protest on Rustaveli Avenue arrived this evening at the Georgian parliament building with national flags, demanding the release of political prisoners.

The gathering of activists on the 499th day of continuous demonstrations was not hindered by bad weather, but due to the heavy rain, almost all the oppositionists hid under umbrellas, according to publications by photographer Mo Se and Georgian media on Facebook*.

A man detained near the memorial outside parliament on April 9 was sentenced to 10 days of administrative arrest for petty hooliganism and disobeying police, Publika reports, citing Marika Arevadze, an activist with the Coalition for Change.

Protesters have announced a "jubilee" march for Saturday, April 11, marking the 500th day of continuous protests. The march will begin at 6:00 PM from the Philharmonic building, and by 10:00 PM, the protesters plan to reach the parliament building. From there, they plan to head to Kashveti Church to spend the entire night attending Easter services.

Protesters in Georgia have been demanding new parliamentary elections and the release of political prisoners since November 28, 2024. Security forces violently dispersed the protests, using tear gas and water cannons, and detained protesters. Thousands of people were subjected to administrative prosecution during the protests. The "Caucasian Knot" has prepared a report, "The Main Thing About the Persecution of Protest Participants in Georgia."