Thousands rally in the country of Georgia to denounce the parliamentary election they say was rigged.

Question

Georgia's opposition plans protest against governing party's declared election victory.

Answer 1

The claim that "thousands rally in the country of Georgia to denounce the parliamentary election they say was rigged" is most likely True.

Although the original link leads to a post on the social media platform Bluesky, we can turn to other news sources in order to corroborate this claim. AP News, a source considered very reliable and unbiased (https://adfontesmedia.com/ap-bias-and-reliability/), reported on October 28, 2024 at 10:51 PM PDT that "Tens of thousands of Georgians massed outside parliament Monday night, demanding the annulment of the weekend parliamentary election that the president has alleged was rigged with the help of Russia." https://apnews.com/article/georgia-election-russia-european-union-protests-f6667dd64b537bd2082bfc5396f4a955

Looking at international sources, BBC journalist Paul Kirby reported from Tbilisi, Georgia that "tens of thousands of Georgians, many of them draped in EU and Georgian flags gathered outside parliament in Tbilisi on Monday night, in response to a call from the pro-Western president to press for the annulment of Saturday's election." https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjr424zwv2po. 

Therefore, we can be very confident that these demonstrations actually took place with the goal of protesting Georgia's recent election.

Comments

This is such a great factcheck! It's helpful that you dove deeper than just the first source (which may be unreliable) to find other reliable sources that back up the same claim. It's also useful that you included links to the sources you found. I honestly don't have any suggestions, I think you did everything right.