BREAKING: Georgia’s ruling party says it is withdrawing a draft law from the parliament criticized as potentially stifling media freedom and civil society. The announcement came after several days of protests in the country’s capital.
A man waves a Georgian national flag in front of a burning barricade as other protesters stand behind not far from the Georgian parliament building in Tbilisi, Georgia, Thursday, March 9, 2023. Police in Georgia's capital have fired water cannon and tear-gas to disperse demonstrators around the parliament building protesting a draft law aimed at curbing the influence of "foreign agents", among fears it could be used to silence oppositions.
The Georgian Dream party and and its allies said they were withdrawing the proposed law, citing “divisions in the society” it triggered.
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