Tens of thousands of Georgians took to the streets again this Thursday evening. A new evening of mobilization to protest against a bill defended by the government, which provides that any NGO or media organization receiving more than 20% of its funding from abroad registers as an “organization pursuing the interests of ‘a foreign power’. This law is seen as an obstacle to the country’s possible accession to the EU.
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This Thursday evening, tens of thousands of demonstrators have gone down again in the streets of Tbilisi, Georgia. And the protest gave rise to a new face-to-face with the police.
This time, the protesters gathered in two different places: in front of Parliament, the usual place of demonstration, but also on Heroes’ Square.
This second procession began to block the road leading to this place. The police used pepper spray and made arrests. The demonstrators gathered in front of the Parliament then came to reinforce the Place des Héros.
As in previous days, the protesters denounced a government “ Kremlin puppet “, qualifying as ” traitors » MPs from the ruling party. Despite the intervention of the police to disperse the demonstrations, its opponents continue, day after day, to take to the streets to demand its withdrawal.
This protest movement is closely followed in Western capitals, but also abroad.UN. THE UNITED STATES said to themselves “ concerned » by this bill which could, according to them, lead to “ a stifling of dissent and freedom of expression “.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, for his part, called for “ withdrawal » of this bill. And he urges the Georgian authorities to “ initiate a dialogue » with civil society and the media.
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