What is Georgia’s ‘foreign agents’ bill, and why is the population protesting against it ?

Des Cried by protesters as the Russian law Georgia’s Parliament has approved a second reading of a bill that could threaten the country’s media Freedom it would require the press and NOS to register as pursuing the interests of a foreign power if they receive more than 20% of funding from abroad it’s being called the Russian law because Moscow uses similar legislation to crack down on Independent Media nonprofits and activists critical of the Kremlin following Monday’s approval opposition MPS denounced the ruling Georgian Dream party the government moved into an illegitimate field the government went against the Constitution and in the coming days if the representatives of Russia in the Georgian Parliament bring this case to an end they will be delegitimized internationally a foreign policy Chief Joseph Burell described the parliament’s move as very concerning and warned a final adoption could impact Georgia’s path towards joining the EU the bill has caused thousands of Georgians to take to the street over the last weeks who say they wanted be closer to Europe and not Russia we are all fighting for the future of Georgia we are defending our country Georgia’s president has been critical of the law and vowed to veto it but the Georgian Dream party who the president is increasingly at odds withth has a majority sufficient to override a veto the bill is due to go for a third and final reading in Parliament on Tuesday

Georgia’s parliament is set to pass a highly controversial so-called “foreign agents” bill that has triggered widespread protests across the former Soviet republic nestled in the Caucasus Mountains. The vote comes after tens of thousands of people came out to protest the legislation in the capital, Tbilisi. The protests have been repressed by the police and around 20 people are detained.
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14 comments

  2. It's the same as what the US has. Why is only the US allowed to do it?

    The Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) was enacted in 1938. FARA requires certain agents of foreign principals who are engaged in political activities or other activities specified under the statute to make periodic public disclosure of their relationship with the foreign principal, as well as activities, receipts and disbursements in support of those activities. Disclosure of the required information facilitates evaluation by the government and the American people of the activities of such persons in light of their function as foreign agents. The FARA Unit of the Counterintelligence and Export Control Section (CES) in the National Security Division (NSD) is responsible for the administration and enforcement of FARA.

  3. This is the same thing that the Putin regime did in Ukraine after the Orange revolution. I suppose this means Georgia is next. I had thought he was going to stop at the mountains.

  7. I live in the UK and hav been reliably informed I don't have human rights. The UK is in the EU. We never left. The government lied. FYI only.

  8. You should have to report and all it is is a report it doesn't say that they're going to crack down on people. If you're getting money from outside influences you want people to know and understand that.

  11. What's wrong with the foreign agents law? The US has it too…. in fact they have many other laws that allow them to spy on their citizens who have foreign dealings. Once again the US has it sights set on a country that borders Russia and is sowing discord in order to win it over….hence these protests. If Georgians want peace & harmony in their country they should steer clear of the west and try to remain neural.

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