The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia announced the release of all administrative detainees during the protests in Tbilisi, except for one protester, reports NewsGeorgia.

According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, on March 7 and 8, 133 people were detained at rallies, mainly for resisting the police and petty hooliganism.. Some of them were released due to the expiration of the term of stay in the pre-trial detention center, others have already been fined by the court..

One person remains in custody - a case is being conducted against him under an article of the Criminal Code. Reportedly, this is a young man born in 2001, who is accused of assaulting police officers, he faces a prison sentence of four to seven years..

According to the publication, the message of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is currently being checked by human rights organizations that provide lawyers for detainees.. There are reports that some of the people who went to the protests still cannot be contacted by their relatives..

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The protests in Georgia began after the adoption in the first reading of the law on " Tens of thousands of people took to the streets in several cities across the country.. The most crowded were rallies in Tbilisi, where the protesters tried to break into the parliament building. However, the protests on March 7 and 8 were brutally suppressed by the police..

Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili supported the protesters and said she would veto the law if it was passed.

After all, today the authorities announced that they are withdrawing the scandalous bill.