I am both disappointed and shocked by the passing of the so-called foreign agent law. It is not only an attack on democratic values, but runs contrary to Georgian people’s European aspirations. @EPPGroup
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RT @CivilGe: Water cannons appear in front of the parliament, following the passing of the Russia-inspired "foreign agent law."
#Police #FreedomUnderSiege #Georgia
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On one hand, it is no doubt an attempt to silence critical voices ahead of the parliamentary elections. However, we also need to see this legislation in the wider context
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of the ruling party's on-going propaganda campaign (incl. attacks against MEPs, Western diplomats, opposition parties, or civil society) to polarise the society, its control over the judiciary (as witnessed in the sentencing of @NikaGvaramia212 on trumped up charges)
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and other state bodies, the mistreatment and continued imprisonment of former President Mikheil Saakashvili, or the destructive influence of the sole-oligarch Bidzina Ivanishvili in the political process.
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For all the ruling party’s attempts to profess their support for the people's European aspirations, their actions speak to the contrary.
The Georgian authorities are there to serve the Georgian people, not the interests of one oligarch and the Kremlin!!
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