Georgian politicians came to blows in parliament on Tuesday ahead of a vote on a controversial ‘foreign agents’ bill that would require organisations receiving more than 20% of their funding from abroad to register as foreign influence agents.
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Critics of the bill have called it ‘Kremlin-inspired’ and authoritarian, triggering mass protests across the country and in the capital, Tbilisi
Why are Georgians protesting against a ‘foreign agents’ bill? ► https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/may/01/why-are-georgians-protesting-against-foreign-agents-bill-explainer
‘The whole country will strike’: protesters vow to keep fighting Georgia’s ‘foreign agents’ bill ► https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/13/protesters-fight-georgia-foreign-influence-law-bill-parliament
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