On 3 April, Georgia’s authorities (led by the Georgian Dream social gathering of the pro-Russian oligarch Bidzina Ivanishvili) put a deliberate “overseas brokers” regulation again on the desk. Since then, Georgians have been on the streets to protest a regressive — and repressive – step that threatens their nation’s dream of EU membership. Georgia was granted EU candidate standing in December 2023.
The invoice, which mimics Russia’s 2012 regulation on “overseas brokers”, is because of go its ultimate studying on 13 Might. It could require NGOs and impartial media retailers that obtain greater than 20% of their revenue from overseas donors to register as organisations “representing the pursuits of a overseas energy”. As such, they might be topic to checks by the Ministry of Justice and might be pressured to expose delicate info on ache of heavy fines.
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The demonstrations, dominated by younger individuals, have concerned scuffles with the police – and, extra lately, with unidentified teams regarded as near the ruling social gathering.
The images by Shota Kincha and Mariam Nikuradze, from the impartial media outlet OC Media, inform the story of the occasions.
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