The huge protests continue as the government of Georgia (the old one, in Europe) again tries to pass the "Putin-law"/"Russia-law" on demanding registration on "foreign agents" by the pro-Putin regime, while the people are overwhelmingly in favor of instead nearing the (supposed) ideals of the European Union.
Here, according to SOTA, some of the protesters move from the original protest location to another avenue because they were too many.
Here, according to SOTA, some of the protesters move from the original protest location to another avenue because they were too many.
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Als Antwort auf b9AcE • • •Protests against the "Putin-law" continue in Georgia, as the parliament goes through the second reading phase of the bill, reports SOTA, also stating that Special Forces have used pepper spray against the protesters.
Video: Ada Blakewell via SOTA
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Als Antwort auf b9AcE • • •SOTA further on the protests against the protests against the "Putin-law":
"Riot police fired tear gas. Protesters move away from parliament onto the streets adjacent to the central Rustaveli Avenue [en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rustavel…]."
Pics: Bashir Kitachaev/SOTA
street in Tbilisi, Georgia
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Als Antwort auf b9AcE • • •More photos of the harsh repression in the capital of Georgia during the night to today against protesters opposed to the overwhelmingly unpopular so-called "Putin-law"/"Russian law" being imposed by the ruling party.
By: Zurab Tsertsvadze/AP
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Als Antwort auf b9AcE • • •Protests continue in Georgia's capital against the "Putin-law"/"Russian law", as the bill was approved on its second, penultimate reading.
If it is finally approved, which seems extremely likely, all NGOs and media outlets receiving >20% "foreign" funding must declare themselves as "foreign agents" with onerous additional financial scrutiny, etc.
Same type of legislation that has been used in other places like Egypt and Russia to effectively make presence of worldwide-active human rights organizations or worldwide-covering news-outlets untenable and thus the government gets rid of the human rights defenders and shuts the eyes of both the domestic populace and of the rest of the world.
Videos: Ada Blakewell, via SOTA.
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Als Antwort auf b9AcE • • •1: Taking care of repressive surveillance.
2: Sheltering together from water cannon.
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