Georgia has been rocked by protests after its increasingly autocratic government said it would halt the former Soviet country’s bid to join the European Union.

Thousands of protesters have returned to the streets of Tbilisi to protest against the government's decision to suspend accession talks with the European Union. Demonstrators were seen shouting "traitors" and holding photographs of journalists who they say were beaten by police in Thursday nights protests.

Thousands of demonstrators protesting the Georgian government’s decision to suspend negotiations to join the European Union rallied outside parliament in Tbilisi for a second straight night on Friday,