2024-05-15
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Foreign agent law passed in Georgia.
Thousands protest.
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Georgia's parliament has passed a new so called foreign agent law.
It would mean media and non governmental organisations which receive more than 20% of their funding from abroad, will have to be registered and monitored.
Comparisons have been made with russian laws which the Kremlin has used to control its critics.
Protesters worry civil rights and Georgias chances of joining the European Union will be threatened.
Youve been looking at the headlines, Georgie.
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In English we have sounds alarm, green lights and standoff.
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This one is from CNBC.
US sounds alarm as thousands in Georgia's capital protest Kremlin style foreign influence.