Georgia’s government has backed down on a key law over ‘foreign agents’ – that critics say would bring the country closer into Russian President Putin’s orbit – after days of violent protest Will Neal reports:
secured a tentative victory after the government pledged to withdraw a controversial law slammed by critics as a catalogue of measures used to crush dissent by the Putin regime.
The new law would require NGOs and media outlets that receive more than 20 per cent of their funding from abroad to register as “foreign agents” or face fines.Demonstrators have been targeted with water cannons, stun grenades, pepper spray and tear gas by riot police, with several roads shut down as cars were overturned, windows smashed, and at least one vehicle set ablaze.
“I was here [at demonstrations for independence from the Soviet Union] in 1989,” he added. “After more than 30 years here I am again, fighting for our freedoms.”
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