Saakashvili was transferred to a military hospital after he collapsed and lost consciousness due to a prolonged hunger strike
Georgians flood streets of capital Tbilisi to seek release of jailed ex-president and opposition leader Mikheil Saakashvili who was arrested in early October upon his return from exile in Ukraine.
An exit poll by Ipsos Global pollster commissioned by the pro-opposition Mtavari TV has shown opposition parties won 61.4 percent of the votes, against 38.6 percent for the ruling party.
Saakashvili was convicted in absentia on the abuse of office charges in 2018 and sentenced to six years in prison. He denies any wrongdoing and says the case is politically motivated.
State, private and media websites were taken out by the attack on October 28, including those belonging to the Georgian president's office and two private television stations.
Results from Georgia's presidential runoff showed the ruling party-backed candidate, who favours balancing the ex-Soviet republic's relations with Moscow and the West, defeating her rival who advocates a stronger pro-Western line.
More than 3.5 million people are eligible to vote in the election, and both candidates - Georgian Dream-backed Salome Zurabishvili and opposition Grigol Vashadze - have promised to lead Georgia closer to membership in the European Union and NATO.
The hotly contested race pits ex-French ambassador and Georgia's former foreign minister Salome Zurabishvili, supported by the ruling Georgian Dream party, against opposition leader Grigol Vashadze, also a former foreign minister.
Ukrainian police have detained around 100 activists while removing a protest camp near parliament set up by supporters of opposition leader Mikheil Saakashvili.
Supporters of former Georgian president-turned-Ukrainian opposition leader Mikheil Saakashvili march in the centre of Kiev one week after he was deported to Poland.
Former Georgian president-turned-Ukrainian opposition leader Mikheil Saakashvili was deported to Poland, Ukrainian officials say, hours after unknown "kidnappers" seized him from the Ukrainian capital.
Supporters of opposition leader Mikheil Saakashvili demand his release from jail and call for the country's President Petro Poroshenko to be impeached.
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