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| '''2008 protests against ]''' – protests all over the World to support ] and Georgia’s people and to protest against Russian army’s invasion in to Georgia. Rallies and meetings in support of Georgia held in different parts of the world. Their participants picket embassies of Russian and urge to stop war.<ref name="charter97_8945">{{cite web |url=http://www.charter97.org/en/news/2008/8/12/8945/ |title=Mass protests against Russia's aggression held worldwide |publisher=] |accessdate=2008-08-14}}</ref> | '''2008 protests against ]''' – protests all over the World to support ] and Georgia’s people and to protest against Russian army’s invasion in to Georgia. Rallies and meetings in support of Georgia held in different parts of the world. Their participants picket embassies of Russian and urge to stop war.<ref name="charter97_8945">{{cite web |url=http://www.charter97.org/en/news/2008/8/12/8945/ |title=Mass protests against Russia's aggression held worldwide |publisher=] |accessdate=2008-08-14}}</ref> | ||
| ==Protests by Country== | ==Protests by Country== | ||
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2008 protests against Russian involvement on Georgia – protests all over the World to support Georgia and Georgia’s people and to protest against Russian army’s invasion in to Georgia. Rallies and meetings in support of Georgia held in different parts of the world. Their participants picket embassies of Russian and urge to stop war.
Protests by Country
Belarus
On August 12, 2008 the rally of solidarity with Georgia was held by the Young Front near the Russian Embassy in Minsk, Belarus. Fifteen activists of the organization gathered near the Embassy with streamers: “Stop aggression”, “Russia-Georgia: war with peacekeeping goals?” “One sixth part of land – is it not enough?” Participants of the rally managed to pass the petition to officers of the embassy. The picket lasted for about 10 minutes. Then policemen arrived. Ilya and Ivan Shyla, Andrei Tychyna and Lyudvisya Atakulava were detained. Activists were detained brutally. Policemen had machine-guns, they were wringing hands of the activists. As a sign of protest, activists sat on the ground. As a result, policemen were to carry the activists to the police car in arms.
Belgium
On August 12, 2008 meetings against Russian military presence in Georgia have been held in Belgian capital. About 200 people took part. On the same evening 300 Georgians organized a meeting in another part of Brussels, near the Permanent Mission of Russia to the EU.
Estonia
On August 12, 2008 citizens Estonia took to the streets to support Georgia and express protest against Russia’s actions in the conflict zone. According to local media, about 500 participants gathered in Tallinn on Town Hall Square.
Georgia
On August 12, 2008 Latvian Prime Minister Ivars Godmanis alongside presidents of Poland, Ukraine, Estonia, and Lithuania arrived in Georgia and took part in the mass rally in Tbilisi, to show solidarity with Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili in Georgia's conflict with Russia. Godmanis, Yushchenko, Kaczynski, Ilves and Adamkus joined hands and held them aloft to cheers from the crowd of tens of thousands which was awash with the Georgian national colours of red and white as well as flags of the US, the European Union (EU), France, Estonia, Lithuania and Ukraine.
Iceland
On August 12, 2008 in Iceland's capital Reykjavik, Lithuanians living in Iceland protested in front of the Russian embassy against the invasion of Georgia. Their spokesperson told the newspaper Fréttablaðið, "Lithuanians were in a similar position two decades ago and therefore Georgians have our complete compassion."
Latvia
NovoNews reported that on August 12, 2008 about 2,000 citizens have taken part in the meeting in Riga,Latvia . Holding posters with the words "Hands off Georgia", "Putin is an assassin", and portraits of Mikhail Saakashvili, and chanting "Occupier!", protesters marched from Freedom monument in the Old Town to the Russian Embassy.
Lithuania
On August 13, 2008, a few thousand people gathered in Lithuania's capital Vilnius to protest Russia's invasion in to Georgia and to support Georgia. People were saying "Hands off Georgia!" On August 11 – August 13, 2008 people protested near Russia's General Consulate in Klaipėda, Lithuania.
United States
On August 10, 2008, in Georgia in the United States, "More than 100 people from Eastern European Georgia, including Hawks center Zaza Pachulia, gathered at Centennial Olympic Park at a peace rally," reported the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The was staged in front of CNN's main headquarters, which are in Atlanta, Georgia.
See also
References
- ^ "Mass protests against Russia's aggression held worldwide". Charter 97. Retrieved 2008-08-14.
- "Baltic leaders rally in Tbilisi", Alfa. Retrieved on 2008-08-14.
- "Lithuanians in Iceland Protest outside Russian Embassy". Iceland Review. 2008-08-13.
- "Islandijos lietuviai surengė Gruzijos palaikymo akciją", Delfi. Retrieved on 2008-08-14.
- "Keliatūkstantinė minia prie Seimo reikalavo Rusijos „patraukti rankas“ nuo Gruzijos", Delfi. Retrieved on 2008-08-14.
- "Tęsiasi paramos Gruzijai akcijos" Vakarų Ekspresas. Retrieved on 2008-08-14.
- Reinolds, Chris (2008-08-10). "Hawks player joins European Georgians in rally for peace". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved 2008-08-14.
- "Georgians Stage Protest Against Russian Aggressors in Atlanta", Trend. Retrieved on 2008-08-14.
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