• Georgian activists and diaspora members under the ‘Chain of Unity’ banner are slated to hold a protest at the Parliament House in Melbourne at 17:00 (local time) on December 28.
• A similar protest is scheduled to take place outside the Town Hall in Sydney at 18:00 on the day.
• Both gatherings will be held to denounce recent Georgian parliamentary elections and call for new elections.
• It will also coincide with the inauguration of Mikheil Kavelashvili as the new Georgian President, elected on December 14.

The turnout at the slated protests in Melbourne and Sydney is likely to range in the low-to-mid dozens, considering the limited strength of the Georgian diaspora and activists in the country. However, participation can be bolstered if other like-minded pro-democratic groups join the protests. The authorities will likely deploy police personnel and set up barricades in the vicinity of the protest locations, as part of the security protocol to monitor the proceedings. Both protests are expected to transpire peacefully, given their symbolic objective of expressing solidarity with widespread opposition to the inauguration of the Georgian President on the same day. Nevertheless, localized travel disruptions are anticipated in the vicinity of the aforementioned locations during the protest hours on December 28.

Those operating or residing in Melbourne and Sydney on December 28 are advised to allot for travel disruptions in the vicinity of the aforementioned locations due to the slated protests.