Georgia’s parliament presses forward with ‘foreign agent’ bill despite protests

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TBILISI, April 16 — The speaker of Georgia’s parliament said that lawmakers would debate the first reading of a bill on “foreign agents” today as opponents called for a...

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More than 5,000 people demonstrated today outside parliament, facing off against riot police and water cannon to oppose a bill that Georgian and Western critics have warned would jeopardise Georgia’s hopes of moving towards membership of the European Union. Georgia’s government, which has faced accusations of authoritarianism and pro-Russian leanings, says the law is needed to promote transparency and combat “pseudo-liberal values” imposed by foreigners. The ruling Georgian Dream party said this month it would reintroduce the bill, 13 months after it was shelved due to protests.

 

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