Azerbaijan’s Media Crackdown
As media crackdown continues, BBC News Azerbaijan closes its office
Yesterday, BBC News Azerbaijan said it had shuttered its offices after the government forced it to close.
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The ruling Georgian Dream party has reintroduced its controversial foreign agents law, a bill that the party was forced to abort after two nights of mass protests in the Georgian capital Tbilisi.
The ruling party’s reintroduction of the bill was met with wide condemnation both domestically and internationally due to its similarity to legislation that was used to crush civil society and media in Russia.
This week, OC Media’s Robin Fabbro, Mariam Nikuradze, and Shota Kincha talk about why Georgian Dream brought the law back and the potential response to the law in Georgia.
Read more:
- Why is Georgian Dream reviving the foreign agent law?
- Georgia’s foreign agents bill faces international condemnation
- Georgian Government to bring back aborted foreign agent law
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