On January 15, hundreds of Georgian companies suspended work in an unprecedented three-hour nationwide strike. Protest banners appeared throughout Tbilisi early in the morning calling for public participation in an action aimed at demonstrating the potential consequences of Georgia’s international isolation by the Georgian Dream (GD) government.
The demands of the strike were to urge it to release all imprisoned protesters and to hold new elections.
PSP, one of Georgia’s major pharmaceutical companies and a pharmacy chain, participated in a symbolic five-minute strike. Company employees displayed banners demanding justice and new elections, noting their brief participation was due to the critical nature of their services.
One of the major trade and business centers of Tbilisi, Karvasla, also joined the strike.
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