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Parliamentary elections on November 2, 2003 were marred by irregularities and fraud according to local and international observers. Demonstrations ensued in the streets of Tbilisi; protestors carried roses in their hands and these protests became known as the Rose Revolution. Former President Eduard Shevardnadze resigned on November 23, 2003, and the Speaker of Parliament Nino Burjanadze assumed the role of Interim President. [[Western alliance|Western]]-backed Mikheil Saakashvili was elected to a 5-year term in January 2004. Parliamentary elections were re-held in March 2004 and Saakashvili's party, National Movement, combined with Speaker Burjanadze's party, the Burjanadze-Democrats, won the majority of seats.   

Parliamentary elections on November 2, 2003 were marred by irregularities and fraud according to local and international observers. Demonstrations ensued in the streets of Tbilisi; protestors carried roses in their hands and these protests became known as the Rose Revolution. Former President Eduard Shevardnadze resigned on November 23, 2003, and the Speaker of Parliament Nino Burjanadze assumed the role of Interim President. [[Western alliance|Western]]-backed Mikheil Saakashvili was elected to a 5-year term in January 2004. Parliamentary elections were re-held in March 2004 and Saakashvili's party, National Movement, combined with Speaker Burjanadze's party, the Burjanadze-Democrats, won the majority of seats.   

According to ''[[New York Times]]'', Saakashvili institutionalized sodomy as a method of [[torture]] in Georgian prisons against political opponents.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/20/world/europe/a-resignation-and-protests-follow-the-release-of-prison-abuse-videos-in-georgia.html</ref>  According to a film reported by ''[[The Atlantic]]'',<ref>https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/09/georgias-prison-rape-scandal-and-what-it-says-about-the-rose-revolution/262720/</ref> sodomy is a technique used in [[Iraq]], Georgia, and Ukraine by Americans and their clients deliberately in countries with [[conservative values|conservative social values]], where such an event is the ultimate humiliation for a man, worse even than death<ref>https://youtu.be/0j0geUnWxBU?t=3061</ref>

According to ''[[New York Times]]'', Saakashvili institutionalized sodomy as a method of [[torture]] in Georgian prisons against political opponents.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/20/world/europe/a-resignation-and-protests-follow-the-release-of-prison-abuse-videos-in-georgia.html</ref>  According to a film reported by ''[[The Atlantic]]'',<ref>https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/09/georgias-prison-rape-scandal-and-what-it-says-about-the-rose-revolution/262720/</ref> sodomy is a technique used in [[Iraq]], Georgia, and Ukraine by Americans and their clients deliberately in countries with [[conservative values|conservative social values]], where such an event is the ultimate humiliation for a man, worse even than death.<ref>https://youtu.be/0j0geUnWxBU?t=3061</ref>

Unsurprisingly, Saakashvili's popularity in Georgia didn't last, and he was transferred and reassigned to [[Ukraine]] as the governor of [[Odessa]] by American [[neocons]].<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2015/dec/16/arsen-avakov-mikheil-saakashvili-ukraine-video</ref>

Unsurprisingly, Saakashvili's popularity in Georgia didn't last, and he was transferred and reassigned to [[Ukraine]] as the governor of [[Odessa]] by American [[neocons]].<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2015/dec/16/arsen-avakov-mikheil-saakashvili-ukraine-video</ref>