In the evening Rustaveli Avenue was still closed by the military units. The militaries were away in the morning. The previous night president Mikail Sahakashvili declared about holding the presidential elections on January 5th 2008. At the same time it is planned to conduct a public survey (plebiscit) on the dates of parliamentary elections.

On November 7th, 2007 the coordinators of HCA South Caucasus network held a meeting in Tbilisi. During the meeting they assessed the situation of recent days in Georgia. The participants condemned the violence performed against the peaceful demonstrators and applied to the international society with the following text:

Today, on November 7th 2007, at about 12:30, the employees from different units of police station started to make the demonstrators leave the territory near the Parliament on Rustaveli Avenue in Tbilisi. They dispersed the demonstrators with water cannons and tear gas (according to some sources also with other types of gas). Rubber bullets were also used to disperse the peaceful demonstrators.

Tbilisi, November 7, 2007

See the statement of the HCA South Caucasus network on the situation in Georgia (in Russian)

“Yesterday's arrest was surely ordered,” “Alternative” Initiative leader Nikol Pashinian informed A1+.
  Reminder, October 23 the participants of a march initiated by theե Alternative” Initiative were detained at the intersection of Abovian and Koryun streets for distributing leaflets on the October 26 rally.

June 2 a number of NGOs moved to the National Assembly with posters “Freedom to Armenia!” “Freedom to Robert Kocharian, Serge Sargsyan, Tigran Torosyan and others!” The protesters were carrying a poster of 79 deputies.
“ These deputies voted for the bills. They are faceless as they don't have their own viewpoint,” said Amalia Kostanyan, the head of “Transparency International” Armenian Office. On reaching the NA building, they began to whistle and shout, “People's delegates, shame on you!” “Freedom!”