More than 20,000 Georgians march 'for Europe' to protest controversial bill

Demonstrators with Georgian national and EU flags march outside the parliament building to protest against "the Russian law" in Tbilisi, Georgia, late Sunday, April 28, 2024. Clashes erupted between police and opposition demonstrators protesting a new bill intended to track foreign influence that the opposition denounced as Russia-inspired. (AP Photo/Zurab Tsertsvadze) AP - Zurab Tsertsvadze

Some 20,000 Georgians staged a "March for Europe" Sunday, calling on the government to scrap a controversial "foreign influence" bill which the EU has warned would undermine Tbilisi's European aspirations.

Georgians have been staging anti-government protests since mid-April, when the ruling Georgian Dream party reintroduced plans to pass a law critics say resembles Russian legislation used to silence dissent.