Georgia’s real-time chaos

(1)Georgia’s media and NGOs intensified protests to push for foreign agent laws
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(3)Reporter Shin Jung-won
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(7)Tbilisi = AP Newsis On the 7th, protesters gather outside the Tbilisi Parliament building in Georgia with cell phone lights on. Protesters are voicing opposition, saying it violates freedom of speech and expression after Georgia’s parliament passed the first foreign proxy bill that controls NGOs of foreign-backed media and non-governmental organizations. Police stopped the demonstration by firing tear gas and water cannons at the demonstrators.

(1)Seoul = Newsis Shin Jung-won, reporter = In the former Soviet Union
(2)The independent European Parliament of Georgia has faced national resistance by pushing ahead with the Foreign Agents Act, a law that could infringe on free speech and civil society activities.
(3)Thousands of Georgian citizens took to the streets in opposition to the bill, according to BBC CNN on the 7th. Protesters clashed with police in the capital city of Tbilisi, where police mobilized water cannons and tear gas to disperse crowds outside parliament.
(4)The first peaceful demonstration became increasingly radical in response to the police’s hard-line response.