Georgia's Foreign Agents Bill

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Given all the bullshit going on in reich wing states when I first saw the headline I thought this was the state and not the country.

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Georgia’s parliament is set to pass a highly controversial so-called “foreign agents” bill that has triggered widespread protests across the former Soviet republic nestled in the Caucasus Mountains.

The vote comes after tens of thousands of people came out to protest the legislation in the capital, Tbilisi.

The bill would require organizations receiving more than 20% of their funding from abroad to register as “agents of foreign influence” or face crippling fines.

The proposed law is modeled after a similar one in Russia that the Kremlin has used to increasingly snuff out opposition and civil society. Many Georgians fear their foreign agents bill will be used to the same way it has been in its northern neighbor: to quash dissent and free expression by going after nongovernmental organizations with financial ties overseas.

 

[Ozlsn]

The rallies in Georgia have been incredible. I hope they can oust the Parliament and President.