Live updates | Protesters remain in detention after foreign agent law passes first hearing
A number of protesters remain in detention, with an opposition MP also claiming that he was beaten while being detained on Wednesday night.
Georgian foreign agent bill passes first reading in parliament amidst massive protests
Thousands of protesters came out to the streets to oppose the law as it passed its first hearing.
Live updates | Georgia’s foreign agent bill passes first reading in parliament
Protests against Georgia’s foreign agent law are set to resume after police beat and violently dispersed protesters and journalists outside Georgia’s parliament on Tuesday night.
Georgian police attack protesters after vote on first foreign agent bill hearing delayed
Protests against the bill continued for the second night outside parliament, with riot police making arrests and deploying pepper spray.
Live updates | Georgia’s foreign agent bill goes to plenary session
Hearings of the controversial draft law are expected to resume at midday, after tens of thousands protested the law on Monday.
Georgian foreign agent law passes first committee amidst protests and blows in parliament
Tens of thousands of people gathered to protest the bill amidst chaos inside parliament.
Podcast | Is Chechnya banning lezginka?
Luiza Mchedlishvili and musicologist Ben Wheeler talk about Chechnya’s restriction of ‘fast’ and ‘slow’ music.
Live updates | Georgian foreign agent bill goes to first committee hearings
Lawmakers from the ruling Georgian Dream Party are continuing to go ahead with the draft foreign agent law despite domestic and international protestation.
Georgian President to pardon foreign agent law protester Lazare Grigoriadis
Lazare Grigoriadis, 22, was convicted on Friday morning of attacking a police officer and arson during the March 2023 protests against Georgia’s draft foreign agent law.
Abkhazia introduces six-hour power cuts following Enguri HPP damage
Long-running power cuts have also been attributed to widespread cryptocurrency mining.