georgia
Georgian police arrested 63 demonstrators during a violent crackdown on anti-government protesters who gathered in opposition on April 30 to the controversial foreign agents law, said Deputy Interior Minister Aleksandre Darakhvelidze at a briefing on May 1. The bill, which must be passed in three readings before it becomes law, would require organizations that receive foreign funding to be labeled as "foreign agents." The law mirrors repressive Russian laws used to crack down on Kremlin regime critics and is popularly referred to in Georgia as the "Russian law." For the past two weeks, thousan...
Kyiv Independent (CA)
Thousands of people have been out on the streets of the Georgian capital Tbilisi as the country's parliament debated the second reading of a highly controversial transparency law. With public antipathy toward the so-called "Russian law" running high, police were sent to forcibly disperse the demonstrators. Tear gas and stun grenades were used against the crowd, while several protesters were arrested and beaten – among them leading opposition politician Levan Khabeishvili, who was shown on TV with serious facial injuries. The divisive "Russian law" requires media and non-commercial organisation...
Euronews (English)
La Policía de la capital de Georgia, Tiflis, usó gases lacrimógenos y cañones de agua el martes y en la madrugada de este miércoles para dispersar a los miles de manifestantes que se congregaron frente al Parlamento del país, a fin de protestar contra un proyecto de ley que exigiría que los medios de comunicación y las organizaciones sin ánimo de lucro registren que están bajo influencia extranjera si obtienen más del 20% de su financiación fuera del territorio nacional. Miles de manifestantes se reunieron para oponerse a la legislación, conocida como la 'ley rusa' porque Moscú utiliza una sim...
Euronews (Spanish)
TBILISI, Georgia – The ruling Georgian Dream party staged a massive rally in Tbilisi on April 29, with tens of thousands of people bussed in from around the country to support the country's democratic backsliding. Party leaders, including Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze, Tbilisi Mayor Kakha Kaladze, and Bidzina Ivanishvili, the founder of the party and the country's richest man, gave a series of speeches marked by anti-Western rhetoric and conspiracy theories. The rally coincided with a parliamentary committee's approval of the controversial foreign agents bill, which is set to pass the secon...
Kyiv Independent
TBILISI, Georgia – The ruling Georgian Dream party staged a massive rally in Tbilisi on April 29, with tens of thousands of people bussed in from around the country to support the country's democratic backsliding. Party leaders, including Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze, Tbilisi Mayor Kakha Kaladze, and Bidzina Ivanishvili, the founder of the party and the country's richest man, gave a series of speeches marked by anti-Western rhetoric and conspiracy theories. The rally coincided with a parliamentary committee's approval of the controversial foreign agents bill, which is set to pass the secon...
Kyiv Independent (CA)
TBILISI, Georgia – The ruling Georgian Dream party staged a massive rally in Tbilisi on April 29, with tens of thousands of people bussed in from around the country to support the country's democratic backsliding. Party leaders, including Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze, Tbilisi Mayor Kakha Kaladze, and Bidzina Ivanishvili, the founder of the party and the country's richest man, gave a series of speeches marked by anti-Western rhetoric and conspiracy theories. The rally coincided with a parliamentary committee's approval of the controversial foreign agents bill, which is set to pass the secon...
Kyiv Independent (UK)
Over 100 law enforcement officials were deployed last week to raid 27 different locations in Georgia and Latvia – on the lookout for rare and antique books that had been stolen from European libraries. The cross-border operation coordinated by Europol, the EU’s police agency, resulted in the arrest of four Georgians who are believed to be part of a criminal group that ransacked libraries across the continent, stealing at least 170 valuable collectors’ books. In total, the group is believed to have caused €2.5 million worth of financial damages and an “immeasurable patrimonial loss to society” ...
Euronews (English)
Thousands of people have attended a pro-government rally in the Georgian capital Tbilisi in support of a controversial foreign influence law. The divisive draft law requires media and non-commercial organisations to register as being under foreign influence if they receive more than 20% of their funding from abroad. Critics say it could undermine democracy and derail the country’s chances of joining the European Union. Similar legislation in Russia was used to suppress voices and groups critical of the Kremlin. Supporters of the bill - proposed by the ruling Georgian Dream party - say ensuring...
Euronews (English)
Miles de personas han acudido a una manifestación en la capital georgiana, Tiflis, en apoyo a una controvertida ley sobre la transparencia de la influencia extranjera. El polémico proyecto de ley exige que los medios de comunicación y las organizaciones no comerciales se registren como entidades bajo influencia extranjera si reciben más del 20% de su financiación de fuera del país. Los críticos afirman que socava la democracia y podría hacer descarrilar las posibilidades del país de ingresar en la Unión Europea. Sin embargo, los partidarios de la ley afirman que garantizar la transparencia es ...
Euronews (Spanish)
Tbilissi (AFP) - Le parti au pouvoir en Géorgie a organisé lundi un rassemblement en réponse aux manifestations massives auxquelles ont participé des milliers de Géorgiens dénonçant un projet de loi sur "l'influence étrangère" considéré comme liberticide par l'opposition. Lundi soir, plusieurs milliers de personnes ont rejoint un rassemblement organisé devant le parlement par le parti du Rêve géorgien. "Nous exhortons les patriotes de tout le pays à se rassembler et à dire non aux révolutions financées par l'argent sale, aux attaques contre l'Eglise ... à la propagande LGBT, à la propagande de...
AFP (Français)
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