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Georgia: Violent police crackdown on protest

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Nita Blake-Persen
May 1, 2024

Police in the capital, Tbilisi, cracked down on demonstrators opposing a proposed "foreign agents" bill. If passed, the law would require media and civic groups receiving more than a fifth of their funding from abroad to register. Russia has a similar law to silence critics.