Georgia cracks down on demonstrations over 'foreign agents bill'
EU and US officials have called on Georgia to scrap a controversial new bill, which - according to its critics - would put an end to free speech, and prevent accession to the EU.
(Subscribe: https://bit.ly/C4_News_Subscribe)
The so-called 'foreign agents bill' - which mirrors legislation passed in Russia - has brought tens of thousands of pro-Western demonstrators to the streets of Tbilisi, where they've been met by an increasingly violent police response. It's left the country at a crossroads between Western integration, and the influence of the Kremlin.
And a warning there are some scenes of violence in this piece.
-----------------------
Follow us:
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/Channel4News/
Twitter - https://twitter.com/Channel4News
TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@c4news
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/channel4news/
Channel 4 News
News that's committed to challenging expectations with stories that reveal and inspire, innovatively produced - with just a touch of mischief....