Posted 4/3/2024, 6:19:21 PM
Georgian Ruling Party Seeks to Revive Contentious Foreign Agents Law, Drawing Protest Calls
- Georgian Dream party plans to revive controversial "foreign agents" law that was dropped last year due to mass protests
- Law requires organizations receiving foreign funding to register as "foreign agents"
- Critics liken law to ones used by Putin to crush dissent
- Pro-democracy groups have called for protests against the revived law
- Law threatens to damage Georgia's democracy and relations with EU, which it aims to join