Georgians rally for ex-president

Hundreds of Georgians rallied yesterday to demand the release of hunger-striking ex-president Mikheil Saakashvili, who was jailed last week after returning from exile and calling for postelection protests.

Saakashvili, who was sentenced in absentia in 2018 for abuse of power and concealing evidence when he was president - charges he called politically motivated secretly returned home ahead of last weekend’s municipal polls after years abroad but was held.