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Georgian parliament approves divisive 'foreign agents' bill after final reading

Georgian law enforcement officers secure the parliament building as demonstrators protesting the controversial "foreign influence" bill gather by it, in Tbilisi on May 14, 2024. © Giorgi Zejevanidze, AFP

The Georgian parliament on Tuesday approved in the third and final reading a divisive bill that sparked weeks of mass protests, with critics seeing it as a threat to democratic freedoms and the country’s aspirations to join the European Union. 

The bill requires media and nongovernmental organizations and other nonprofits to register as “pursuing the interests of a foreign power” if they receive more than 20% of their funding from abroad.

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