Protesters shut down major intersection in Georgia in rally against ‘foreign agents’ law

I’ll I’ll [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] I feel like this law is going to destroy the European future that my country has been fighting for and the values that their ancestors have been fighting for for ages and I think the Georgian government is trying to take something away from us that we the majority of us is like very desperate to have [Music]

Thousands of people blocked roads in Heroes Square in Tbilisi, Georgia to protest against a ‘foreign agents’ bill, which had passed into law earlier in the day.
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The bill – condemned as a Kremlin-inspired act of repression – was backed by 84 MPs to 30 despite western pressure and the rolling protests that have brought hundreds of thousands of people on to the streets of the capital

Police fire teargas at protesters and MPs brawl as Georgia passes ‘foreign agents’ bill ► https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/14/georgia-parliament-approves-foreign-agent-bill-amid-ongoing-protests

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24 comments
  1. Diversity is our strength, no sorry unity is our strength ,thats the one, very non diverse crowd dont you think.

  2. Lead protestors are funded by EU Endowment for Democracy and Washington's National Endowment for Democracy, both of whom are used by their respective rulers to achieve regime change in foreign countries, and who seek to make Georgia into Ukraine 2.0

  3. Obviously the georgian government is looking at Ukraine when it comes to Joining the EU.
    The people however, clearly do not want to exist under the fetid paw of Putin.

  4. Ukraine number 2 Georgia falling for EU USA dream 😴 seriously if you really accept democracy why don’t you learn from Ukraine 🇺🇦

  5. Keep you in the dark

    You know they all pretend

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    And so it all began

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    That whole defense

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    Same old story

    What if I say I'm not like the others?

    What if I say I'm not just another one of your plays?

    You're the pretender

    What if I say I will never surrender?

    What if I say I'm not like the others?

    What if I say I'm not just another one of your plays?

    You're the pretender

    What if I say that I'll never surrender?

    In time or so I'm told

    I'm just another soul for sale, oh well

    The page is out of print

    We are not permanent

    We're temporary, temporary

    Same old story

    What if I say I'm not like the others?

    What if I say I'm not just another one of your plays?

    You're the pretender

    What if I say that I'll never surrender?

    What if I say I'm not like the others?

    What if I say I'm not just another one of your plays?

    You're the pretender

    What if I say I will never surrender?

    I'm the voice inside your head

    You refuse to hear

    I'm the face that you have to face

    Mirroring your stare

    I'm what's left, I'm what's right

    I'm the enemy

    I'm the hand that'll take you down

    Bring you to your knees

    So, who are you?

    Yeah, who are you?

    Yeah, who are you?

    Yeah, who are you?

    Keep you in the dark

    You know they all pretend

    What if I say I'm not like the others?

    What if I say I'm not just another one of your plays?

    You're the pretender

    What if I say I will never surrender?

    What if I say I'm not like the others?

    What if I say I'm not just another one of your plays?

    You're the pretender

    What if I say that I'll never surrender?

    What if I say you're not like the others? (Keep you in the dark)

    What if I say I'm not just another one of your plays? (You know they all)

    You're the pretender (pretend)

    What if I say I will never surrender?

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    What if I say I'm not just another one of your plays? (You know they all)

    You're the pretender (pretend)

    What if I say I will never surrender?

    So who are you?

    Yeah, who are you?

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  6. წავიდეთ ძმებო! ეს არის ბოლო შანსი, რომ მოსპოს ყველაფერი რუსულ-ფაშისტური, რათა თქვენი შვილები არ გახდნენ მათი სამოთხე! უკრაინა შენთანაა!

  7. What about the Foreign Agents Registration Act (22 U.S.C. § 611) (FARA)? Is it undemocratic as well? "Quod licet Iovi, non licet bovi"?

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