UNM members and their supporters have declared a hunger strike outside the UNM office. Protesters demand ex-pres. Mikheil Saakashvili's release.
UNM Chairman Nika Melia said earlier that more than 300 people have already declared a mass hunger strike, with the list of hunger-striking citizens being drawn up.''I am confident many more are yet to be involved in this,'' Melia told Mtavari Arkhi (the Main Channel).
''We are declaring a mass hunger strike today,'' UNM Chairperson Nika Melia said at the Rustaveli rally site.
Melia stressed that the hunger strike will continue before ex-pres. Mikheil Saakashvili is freed.