Some 50,000 protest in Georgia against government’s ‘Kremlin style’ foreign agents Bill

Protesters march during a rally against the 'foreign agents' Bill in Tbilisim Georgia on Saturday. Photograph: Giorgi Arjevnidze/AFP via Gettycapital on Saturday, after the United States said the country had to choose between the “Kremlin-style” law and the people’s Euro-Atlantic aspirations.

The Bill, which would require organisations receiving more than 20 per cent of their funding from abroad to register as “agents of foreign influence”, has touched off a rolling political crisis in Georgia, where thousands have taken to the streets to demand the Bill be withdrawn.and some Ukrainian flags and in a break with the past, included more older protesters as well as the many young people who have thronged the streets over the past month.

Parliament, which is controlled by the ruling Georgian Dream party and its allies, will begin committee hearings on the Bill’s third and final reading on Monday. Opposition groups had called for a fresh wave of protests from Saturday.

Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)

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