Police launch violent crackdown on demonstration against bill that pro-Moscow government is trying to pass
Georgian security forces used water cannon, teargas and stun grenades against protesters outside parliament late on Tuesday, sharply escalating a crackdown after lawmakers debated a “foreign agents” bill that is viewed by the opposition and western nations as authoritarian and Russian-inspired.
Georgian critics have labelled the bill “the Russian law”, comparing it to Moscow’s “foreign agent” legislation, which has been used to crack down on dissent there. After being dispersed from parliament, about 2,000 protesters continued to block Tbilisi’s main Rustaveli Avenue, barricading it with cafe tables and rubbish bins. Some shouted “Slaves” and “Russians” at police.
Georgia’s rights ombudsman, Levan Ioseliani, called for an investigation into the use of “disproportionate force” against protesters and journalists.Photograph: Irakli Gedenidze/Reuters “The government is just prolonging the inevitable. We might have serious problems, but at the end of the day, the people will go home with victory.”
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