In #Tbilisi, clashes erupt between opponents of the "foreign agents" law and the police. Thousands protest against the law, fearing it could stifle dissent, while security forces withdraw from the main square after a standoff. Critics dub it the " #Russia law," with the final vote scheduled for Tuesday.
"Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze promised to pass the foreign agents law on Tuesday in its third reading, pledging to punish violent protesters in a press briefing on May 12...The Prime Minister claimed he had 'precise information' that 'violent youth groups organized by the radical opposition and financed from abroad are planning violent actions against the Georgian Parliament and police' in the next two days
🇬🇪 World, are you still watching? Tonight might have just been the biggest gathering of #Georgians marching in #Tbilisi against the #Russian violations and law infiltrating the Georgian government! Please watch, share, stand with the brave people of #Georgia!🇬🇪 #NoToRussianLaw
Astonishing pictures from #Tbilisi#Georgia - a rally of likely 150K+ people against the planned 'foreign agents law' (very much along the lines of what the Kremlin introduced in Russia)
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"A part of the students of #Tbilisi State University announced the boycott of the academic process and said that they will refuse to enter the lecture halls from Monday, May 13. The students of TSU call upon their lecturers and students of other universities to go on strike and stop the academic process
As protests continue this evening in Tbilisi against the so-called "Russian law" in Georgia, Charli James takes a look at what's in the proposed bill as critics fear it represents another step in the Russification of the country.
Regis Gente reports from #Tbilisi where fresh #protests are underway outside's the #Georgian parliament. Lawmakers voted to adopt in the second reading a controversial "foreign influence" bill, which critics say resembles a repressive #Russian law used to silence dissent.