Georgia on Tuesday said that 26 people, mostly protesters, were injured in another late-night massive pro-EU demonstration in the Caucasus country already gripped by a bitter political crisis. The standoff between riot police and mostly young protesters continued throughout the night into the early hours of Tuesday,

The demonstrators are backed by Georgia's pro-EU president Salome Zurabishvili, who has vowed to stay in office until fresh elections, despite her term being officially set to end.

Georgia's rights ombudsman on Tuesday accused police of torturing pro-European Union protesters rallying for six consecutive days against the government's decision to shelve EU accession talks amid a post-election crisis.

Georgia's president said Monday that mass pro-EU protests involving tens of thousands of people showed no sign of stopping after police fired water cannon and tear gas on a fourth night of demonstrations.

Georgia's pro-Western President Salome Zurabishvili told AFP in an exclusive interview on Saturday that she will not step down until last month's contested parliamentary elections are re-run.Constitutional law experts,

The President of Georgia, Salome Zurabishvili, announced that she will remain in her position until her successor is chosen by a "legal parliament." "The illegal parliament cannot elect a new president,