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The government wants to increase penalties for “petty hooliganism,” insulting or resisting police. Photo: Jerome Gilles/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Georgia eyes harsher penalties for protesters amid political crisis

The Georgian government is pushing forward with a legislative package that would increase penalties for protest-related offenses – in some cases to many years in prison – as the South Caucasus country grapples with a protracted political crisis.

Georgia's president Salome Zourabichvili. Photo: TVP World

UPDATE: Georgia’s president doesn’t expect Russian military intervention amid crisis

A ‘civil rebellion movement’ is underway, Salome Zourabichvili told TVP World.