Demonstrators in Georgia’s capital have set up tents on a central thoroughfare and vowed to stay around the clock to demand new parliamentary elections in the country.

Demonstrators in the capital of Georgia have set up tents on one of the city’s main thoroughfares and are vowing to stay there around the clock to demand new parliamentary elections in the country

Georgian police have reportedly beaten and detained protesters rallying against alleged fraud in last month's elections. The president has filed a lawsuit at the constitutional court asking it to annul the results.