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Brawl breaks out in Georgia’s parliament as legislators vote on ‘foreign agents’ bill

  • May 14, 2024



Brawl breaks out in Georgia’s parliament as legislators vote on ‘foreign agents’ bill

Georgian politicians came to blows in parliament on Tuesday ahead of a vote on a controversial ‘foreign agents’ bill that would require organisations receiving more than 20% of their funding from abroad to register as foreign influence agents.
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Critics of the bill have called it ‘Kremlin-inspired’ and authoritarian, triggering mass protests across the country and in the capital, Tbilisi

Why are Georgians protesting against a ‘foreign agents’ bill? ► https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/may/01/why-are-georgians-protesting-against-foreign-agents-bill-explainer

‘The whole country will strike’: protesters vow to keep fighting Georgia’s ‘foreign agents’ bill ► https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/13/protesters-fight-georgia-foreign-influence-law-bill-parliament

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31 comments

  6. The Georgian government wants to introduce a law that has been in force in the United States since the 30s of the last century. but in a softened version. USA doesn't like it

  9. If you want humanism, go to university
    If you want to be cruel and deceitful, go to politicians
    The cruel one
    To be the head of your household
    Any ideas?
    Do you want a relentless bully as your leader?
    Human ethics, human culture
    Should You Choose a Human-Friendly Analyst?
    Your choice and ours
    The future, you need to be trouble-free for your future

  28. They people can report someone as being agent or something and government will be at your door, SOUNDS FAMILIAR THIS LAW

  30. I'm guessing the brawl started after the vote, meaning it's the pro-EU side that started it, since they lost the vote. Goes to show where the influence comes from. Same with the opposition to the law. Not Russia. The west. Our influence will be exposed. Not Russia's. It's so obvious. The protests, too. It's legit when it happens anywhere but back home. When it happens back home, it's "directed by foreign agents". The irony is palpable, the hypocrisy rampant…

  31. Foreign Agents Registration Act, FARA) — закон США, принятый в 1938 году, требующий, чтобы иностранные агенты в США, представляющие интересы иностранных держав в «политическом или квазиполитическом качестве», раскрывали свои отношения с иностранным правительством и информацию о соответствующей деятельности и финансах. Почему Америке можно было принять этот закон ещё 100 лет назад, а Грузии нельзя?!!! МИ-6 пожалуйста отстаньте от Грузии!!!

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