European foreign policy chief Joseph Borrell speaks at the Georgian parliament on Wednesday was invited Repeal the controversial ‘Russian law’. Parliament passed the law on Tuesday, which means companies with more than 20 percent of their budget from abroad are branded as ‘foreign agents’. According to Borrell, this “has negative consequences for Georgia on its […]
Politicians came to blows in the parliament over the legislation that opposition members say mirrors Russian laws that silence dissent.
Richard Branson, the founder of Virgin Group, has called for the withdrawal of a controversial bill in Georgia, amid widespread protests. The bill, if passed, would require organizations receiving over 20% of their funding from abroad to register as "agents of foreign influence." read more
The bill requires any civil society organisation that receives more than 20% of its funds from abroad to register as being under foreign influence. Daniel Boffey reportsOn the face of it the bill could sound innocuous: any civil society organisation that receives more than 20% of its funds from abroad must register as an organisation under foreign influence. Yet the new law Georgia’s parliament passed yesterday has sparked outrage and demonstrations in the capital, Tbilisi.Critics claim the bill...
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The bill targets civil society organisations and independent media that
Georgia’s president on Saturday vetoed the so-called “Russian law” targeting media that has sparked weeks of mass protests. The law would require media and NGOs to register as “pursuing the interests of a foreign power” if they receive more than 20% of their funding from abroad. Critics of the bill
Police in Utrecht used batons against pro-Palestinian demonstrators who blocked a city bus containing other protesters. The bus contained around 40 pro-Palestinian activists who occupied a building at Utrecht University (UU) earlier on Wednesday. They were removed from the building by the police on Wednesday evening.Just after midnight, peace had returned near the university building, according to an ANP reporter.
The White House said it was "deeply troubled" that parliament had passed the bill. The UK, Germany, Italy and France have also all urged Georgia to withdraw it. #EuropeNews
Unrest came as demonstrator who was attacked near his home says government is trying to intimidate criticsEurope live – latest updatesRiot police armed with water cannon and teargas have been accused of beating protesters who picketed outside Georgia’s parliament to try to stop a final vote on a controversial “foreign influence” law.The fresh scenes of violence on Monday morning came as hundreds of masked officers charged down demonstrators who had been attempting to block off access to the...
President Salome Zourabichvili said the law contradicts Georgia’s constitution and ‘all European standards’, and added that it ‘must be abolished’.
Georgia’s president has vetoed the so-called “Russian law” targeting media that has sparked weeks of mass protests in the country.