Georgia opposition leader arrested as mass anti-government protests stretch into seventh night

Nika Gvaramia among numerous other opposition members to be arrested on Wednesday as police raid homes and offices

Georgian police have raided the offices of an opposition party and arrested its leader in an apparent attempt to quash a wave of mass protests triggered by the governing party's decision to suspend negotiations on joining the European Union.

Protesters on Wednesday night gathered for a seventh consecutive night of protests, facing off against riot police who have used water cannon and teargas to disperse them on previous nights. Protesters have thrown fireworks at police officers and built barricades on the Georgian capital's central boulevard.