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France 24
France 24
Politics
David GORMEZANO

Threats against NGO leaders multiply as Georgia green lights ‘Russian law’ for final vote

A poster before the headquarters of the NGO Transparency International in Tbilisi labels its director a foreign agent. © David Gormezano, FRANCE 24

From our special correspondent in Tbilisi – A decisive vote on Tuesday could see the final adoption of a law, dubbed the “Russian law” by critics, that targets civil society organisations and independent media in Georgia that receive foreign funding. For ten days now, the pro-Russian government in power in Tbilisi has made no secret of its intention to use force to impose the law as a means to silence opponents.

“Enemy of the Church”, “enemy of the state”, “LGBT propagandist”, “foreign spy”… These are some slogans on posters pasted outside the home of Giorgi Oniani.

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