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Georgia uses detentions, steep fines and other harsh measures to target anti-government protests
['Ap News']
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And the civics teacher keeps marching even though he’s racked up an astonishing $102,000 in fines from the protests.
That move came after the longtime ruling party Georgian Dream won an election that the opposition alleged was rigged.
The rallies, big and small, continue despite a multipronged crackdown by the government through laws that target demonstrators, rights groups, nongovernmental organizations and independent media.
“I have to be in Georgia,” he told AP from Germany, where he is now an exchange student.
In August, authorities froze the bank accounts of seven rights groups.