Tag: russian law
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Tbilisi is still on fire
Massive protests in Tbilisi are still ongoing nearly one month after the “Russian Bill” was passed from Georgia’s parliament. The waves of protests are continuing despite police breaking up crowds multiple times, arrests, and also targeting beatings by the security officials on protesters and Opposition leaders. Note that Georgia’s post-Soviet government was ousted relatively recently,…
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Tbilisi is clogged by protests: riot police fail to disperse demonstrators
Riot police in Tbilisi, Georgia have failed to disrupt protests in the centre of the city that have been ongoing for more than two weeks. Demonstrators have now packed the main transportation artery of Tbilisi center (Hero’s Square) and blocked most of the traffic entering the city centre. …
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Riot police begin dispersing crowds in Tbilisi
Over the weekend, riot Police in Tbilisi, Georgia began dispersing crowds of protesters in the centre of the city who have been protesting for more than two weeks. Demonstrators have been protesting against the recently approved “Russian Law” by Parliament which mimics Russia’s anti-foreign NGO law. Riot police charged at crowds, used pepper spray, rubber…
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Beethoven’s 9th played in Tbilisi as thousands march through the streets
Tens of thousands of people were still out in the streets of Tbilisi a couple of hours ago, protesting Parliament’s approval of the “Russian law”. Demonstrations in Tbilisi have been going on every day since the law has been approved. Earlier during the night, Beethoven’s 9th Symphony was played in the centre of Tbilisi as…
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Protests in Tbilisi continue
Protests in Tbilisi mostly led by the youth have continued after Parliament approved the “Russian Law”. Several demonstrators have been arrested and fined, while some legislators in the US have discussed introducing sanctions against the Georgian legislators who authored the Russian Law. The law is a copy of a Russian law passed in 2012 called…
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Georgian Parliament approves Russian Law: protests in Tbilisi
The Georgian Parliament has approved the first reading of the “Russian Law” with 83 votes in favor and 0 against as the Opposition boycotted the vote. Protests are ongoing in Georgia’s capital of Tbilisi, while President Salome Zourabichvili vouched to veto the law. The proposed law has been the cause of massive protests in Georgia…
