Description
Added on the 03/10/2017 09:13:22 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Tens of thousands gather in Georgia for a ruling party campaign rally, ahead of elections to be held after the arrest of ex-president and opposition leader Mikheil Saakashvili. Georgia's president from 2004-2013, Saakashvili was arrested and imprisoned on October 1 days after he secretly returned from exile in Ukraine, prompting tens of thousands to rally in Tbilisi, demanding his release. He has been on hunger strike for nearly four weeks to protest what he calls a politically motivated prosecution and doctors expressed concerns over the risk of irreversible damage to his health. IMAGES
Members of President Nicolas Maduro's United Socialist Party of Venezuela gather in Caracas with flags and banners for a march to mark Indigenous Resistance Day. IMAGES
Protestors are seen being detained by police officers in Tbilisi, Georgia, as thousands gather outside parliament against the adoption of a controversial Kremlin-style "foreign influence" law. Tbilisi has seen three straight nights of mass rallies over the bill that mirrors repressive laws on advocacy groups and media outlets introduced in Russia, and that have been slammed by the European Union and the United States. IMAGES
Thousands of protestors gather outside Georgia's parliament in Tbilisi as the ruling party gears up to adopt a controversial Kremlin-style "foreign influence" law. Tbilisi has seen three straight nights of mass rallies over the bill that mirrors repressive laws on advocacy groups and media outlets introduced in Russia, and that have been slammed by the European Union and the United States. IMAGES
Spanish politician and leader of the Catalan branch of Spain's ruling Socialist party Salvador Illa votes in the Catalonia regional elections, as the party hopes to seize power in the country's wealthy northeastern region of around eight million people. IMAGES