Georgian parliament returns to debates over Law "On Foreign Agents" amid mass protests
Georgian parliament returns to debates over Law "On Foreign Agents" amid mass protests
Last night, 63 opposition activists were detained during protests in the center of Tbilisi against the adoption of the Law ‘On Foreign Agents’, Georgian Deputy Interior Minister Alexander Darakhvelidze said at a briefing on Wednesday.
Note that the consideration of the bill resumes today in the Georgian parliament, near which its opponents have been gathering again since morning.
This Law envisages the creation of a register for media outlets and NGOs that receive funding from abroad and the introduction of mandatory annual financial reporting for them.
Article-by-article consideration of the draft Law in the second reading began on 30 April and lasted about nine hours. At this stage, only three Articles of the 11-point draft Law have been finalized. The bill is expected to be approved on 17 May.
The authorities argued the re-initiation of the bill, which was withdrawn in March 2023 amid mass protests, by arguing that foreign donors had raised "secret funding of radical groups and parties in Georgia".
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Polad Aslanov, founder of the religious website xeberman.com, who went on hunger strike in the colony on 4 November, was forcibly transferred to the Penitentiary Service hospital in the evening of the same day. This was reported to Turan by his wife Gulmira Aslanov.
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The Embassy of Ukraine in the Republic of Azerbaijan is pleased to announce the preopening of the Ukrainian Center in Baku, scheduled for 9 November 2024 at 12 pm. The Ukrainian Center, originally established to promote Ukrainian culture, language, heritage and education in Azerbaijan, has been renovated and expanded to better serve its mission.
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The health condition of activist Nijat Ibrahim has sharply worsened while he remains in Baku's Detention Center No. 1, his wife Parvin Ibrahim told Turan news agency. According to her, Ibrahim called today to report severe back pain, and he can barely move. Recently, his blood pressure has also risen, and doctors have diagnosed him with hypertension.
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On Sunday, November 5, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Kyrgyzstan to participate in the 11th Summit of Heads of State of the Organization of Turkic States. Upon his arrival at Manas 2 International Airport in Bishkek, Aliyev was greeted with a ceremonial honor guard and welcomed by Kyrgyzstan’s Prime Minister and Chief of Staff, Akylbek Japarov, along with other officials.
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