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An estimated 20,000 people took to the streets of Tbilisi late on April 28 to voice their opposition to the so-called "foreign agents" law ahead of the Georgian parliament’s planned second reading of the controversial bill.
Online and print journalists will not have access to the Georgian parliament's plenary session on April 29, authorities said amid mounting protests against plans by the ruling party to introduce a law that critics say will be used to crack down on independent voices in the South Caucasus nation.
Thousands of people took to the streets of the Georgian capital again to protest plans by the ruling party to introduce a law that domestic critics and Western countries have said will be used to crack down on independent voices in the South Caucasus nation.
A bipartisan group of 14 U.S. senators warned in a letter to Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze that the Caucasus nation’s plan to reintroduce a "Russian-style foreign agents law" could lead to a change in U.S. policy toward Tbilisi.
Four people were arrested in Georgia as part of a Europe-wide operation to bust a gang of thieves specialized in the stealing of rare books, the Georgian prosecutor's office said on April 25.
Georgian activist Lazare Grigoriadis said after he was released from prison on April 24 due to presidential clemency that he will continue to protest Georgia's controversial bill on "foreign agents."
Thousands of Georgians rallied in front of parliament demanding the government immediately withdraw a controversial "foreign agents" bill being pushed through the legislature despite warnings that the bill mimics Russia's law on "foreign agents," which Moscow has used for years to muzzle dissent.
Riot police used pepper spray against demonstrators and detained several of them in the Georgian capital on April 16.
Riot police in the capital of Georgia began clearing protesters from an entrance to the parliament building as they moved to break up a demonstration against a bill aimed at designating certain groups as foreign agents.
Thousands of Georgians protested in Tbilisi on April 15 after lawmakers reintroduced a bill requiring foreign-funded organizations to register with the government. The ruling party previously backed the controversial "foreign agents" bill in 2023, then withdrew it.
A Georgian opposition lawmaker attacked a member of the ruling party as he tried to present a controversial "foreign agents" bill in parliament that has roiled the Caucasus nation because of its similarities to legislation in Russia.
The European Union's ambassador to Georgia has criticized the reintroduction of a "foreign agents" bill in parliament -- legislation compared with a similar law in Russia that the Kremlin has used to stifle dissent -- saying it's "incompatible" with the values of the bloc Tbilisi is looking to join.
Thousands of Georgians took to the streets of the capital, Tbilisi, on April 9, to protest against a controversial "foreign agents" bill that Georgia's ruling party, Georgian Dream, said it will reintroduce.
Restoration work has begun on a fourth-century fortress from Tbilisi's storied architectural and historic past.
Georgia's ruling party says it will reintroduce a controversial "foreign agent" bill that was pulled last year amid massive protests over fears the legislation, which mirrored a similar law in Russia, would severely restrict dissent and the activity of civil society groups.
The executive secretary of Georgia's ruling Georgian Dream party, Mamuka Mdinaradze, announced on March 25 that the party has initiated a bill on constitutional amendments that would significantly limit LGBT rights in the South Caucasus country.
Thousands of Russians appeared to join an opposition call for protests by gathering at polling stations at midday local time, amid a presidential election engineered to deliver Vladimir Putin six more years in the Kremlin. Long lines of people formed in Moscow, St. Petersburg, and elsewhere.
Mourners outside of Russia, including Russians living abroad, held memorial services for opposition leader Aleksei Navalny on March 1 as his funeral took place in Moscow. People in Armenia, Georgia, and Bulgaria placed signs, flowers, and candles for Navalny, whom some described as a source of hope.
Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze said on February 26 that Georgian citizens can now visit China without visas for a period of up to 30 days.
U.S. Russia expert Michael McFaul said he was "in shock" after hearing about the death of Aleksei Navalny, whom he had considered a friend. The former U.S. ambassador to Russia spoke to RFE/RL in Munich on February 16, shortly after Russian authorities announced that Navalny had been found dead.
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