Georgischer Oppositionsführer nach Protesten gegen „Russland-Gesetz“ von Bereitschaftspolizei geschlagen

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1. ***The Telegraph reports:***

   Georgia’s main opposition leader was beaten by security forces as he joined a pro-Western demonstration against the country’s new “Russia law”.

   Levan Khabeishvili, who leads the United National Movement party, which is pro-Nato and pro-European Union, shared a picture of himself with a black eye, bloodied face and broken nose after a night of violent clashes between protesters and riot police in Tbilisi.

   The politician alleged he had been kidnapped and beaten for opposing the ruling party’s “foreign influence” law.

   He later appeared in the Georgian parliament, his face covered in bandages, to oppose the legislation, which critics say is modelled on Vladimir Putin’s oppressive regime.

   “If someone thinks we won’t smile because we lose a tooth or can’t open our eyes, they are very mistaken. We will smile because Georgia will win,” Mr Khabeishvili told the chamber after being brought in in a wheelchair.

   Aleksandre Darakhvelidze, Georgia’s deputy interior minister, said the opposition figure had “broken into the police cordon and resisted police to hinder their activities, receiving injuries as a result”.

   **Read more:** [**https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/05/01/levan-khabeishvili-georgia-russia-foreign-influence-law/**](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/05/01/levan-khabeishvili-georgia-russia-foreign-influence-law/)

2. Remember this is what Conservatives/religious want everywhere. A Putin to control everyone who isn’t a religious cult freak p doh.

3. Will these protests lead to a Georgian “Euromaidan”?

4. People having to risk their lives to protest….horrible.

5. Well that is to be expected when the country allowed so many Russians in after the start of war.

   Russians dont assimilate, they bring their “culture” with them.

6. American students are getting the shit beat out of them as we speak. So are Israelis who oppose the genocide in Gaza

7. Fck Putin, his lackies in Georgia and the GQP.

8. Convoys for thee, but not for me.

9. Putin is a monster, but he is also very clever. This law appears harmless. The USA has a similar one. But the devil is in the details. After this apparently innocuous law passes, every Georgian will live under threat of a long prison sentence for contradicting Putin. So Putin will control the media and thus the country.

10. On the bright side, if Bolsonaro is of any indication, this could help him win.