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The rally participants shattered the windows of the parliament building and are throwing stones at law enforcement officers.
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The clash erupted between the police and protesters at the No to the Russian law rally outside the parliament after the latter tried to remove metal barriers. The police are using a water cannon against them.
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Strategy Agmashenebeli leader Giorgi Vashadze urged the protesters to encircle the parliament building and called on the ruling Georgian Dream party to withdraw People’s Power’s draft bills on Transparency of Foreign Influence and release those apprehended at yesterday’s rally.
Background
Georgians have been protesting for a second day against the so-called Foreign Agents bills that would require non-governmental and media organizations receiving more than 20% of their funding from abroad to register as “foreign agents.”
The rally kicked off on Tuesday after the Georgian Parliament passed a first reading of the legislation. To disperse the protesters, the police used tear gas and water cannon against them.
More to follow.
