🔴BREAKING: The President of #Georgia , Salome Zourabichvili, has pardoned Lazare Grigoriadis, a participant in last year's #NoToRussianLaw protests, who was sentenced to 9 years in prison

During a press conference with Irakli Kobakhidze, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz urged the Parliament of Georgia to consider the critical stance of the #EU and the Georgian public against the so-called #RussianLaw , saying they hoped last year that it would no longer be on #Georgia 's agenda

The family and lawyers of Lazare Grigoriadis appealed to President Salome Zourabichvili for a pardon.
Immediately after his sentencing at the city court on April 12 - over a year post-arrest - they submitted the application to the presidential administration.
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The Tbilisi City Court has found Lazare Grigoriadis, a participant in last year's #NoToRussianLaw protests, guilty and sentenced him to 9 years in prison.

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In #Batumi , many 🇬🇪Muslims celebrated #EidAlFitr on the streets again, as the mosque's capacity falls short.
As Muslims prayed in the rain, #Adjara 's chair & officials stood nearby, sheltered under balconies.
For 7 years, City Hall has denied issuing a mosque construction permit

🗣️ 'Where are we going?'
🗣️ 'To #Europe !' - Kvicha #Kvaratskhelia 's famous words echo at the 'Yes to Europe! #NoToRussianLaw ' rally-march taking place in #Tbilisi , from First Republic Square to the Parliament of Georgia building.
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Giorgi Kochorashvili, the player who scored the first penalty for #Georgia 's national football team against Greece, shared a story on Instagram of a little girl holding an #EU flag at today's #NoToRussianLaw march in #Tbilisi .

'Yes to Europe, #NoToRussianLaw ', - rally is taking place in #Tbilisi .
Thousands have gathered to protest reintroduction of so-called 'foreign agents' law.
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'What remains crucial is our own clarity about desires. Do we desire a repetition of what occurred on April 9th, or do we yearn for the spirit of April 9, 1991? This is the choice facing 🇬🇪: independence or enslavement, 🇪🇺 or 🇷🇺; and we know what our choice is!' Salome Zourabichvili

'I don't want my books to be labelled as written by an agent, like those of Ulitskaya,' - writer Archil Kikodze at the #NoToRussianLaw rally.
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The march, 'Yes to Europe! #NoToRussianLaw !' will start from the First Republic Square and head towards the Parliament of Georgia, on #April9 at 18:00.

March is organized by Transparency Int'l GE, GRASS, Democracy Defenders Georgia, ISFED and Civil Society Foundation.
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'For us, the opinion of #EU politicians who should accept us into the EU is important. They say that they cannot accept us with this law; that's it. What more do we need to discuss here?' says businessman Temur Chkhonia
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#NoToRussianLaw rally takes place near the Parliament of Georgia.
Periodic emergency sirens resonate, symbolizing the looming Russian threat to the country
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The President of #Georgia , Salome Zourabichvili, will veto the #RussianLaw if it is passed.
President's parliamentary secretary, Giorgi Mskhiladze, announced this.

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📢406 #CSOs and #media organizations in #Georgia have issued a joint statement categorically opposing the #RussianLaw and its adoption, stating it will immeasurably harm Georgia's democratic and secure future and #EU integration prospects
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Dato/Davit Gogichaishvili, a business consultant and marketer, says he might not be well-versed in the legal nuances of the bill but clearly sees the context in which 'all of #Georgia 's Western allies have warned that this law obstructs its #EU aspirations'.
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🔴The Prime Minister of #Georgia has announced plans to construct a new civil airport in #Vaziani , on the premises of the military #aerodrome .
It is currently unclear whether this development will affect the operations of the Vaziani military base.
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On April 8th, at 14:00, a #NoToRussianLaw protest rally will take place behind the Georgian Parliament building.

Mary Lawler, the UN special rapporteur on human rights defenders, expresses concern over the decision by 'Georgian Dream' to reintroduce the Russian-style law on 'transparency of foreign influence.'

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🚩'Amid the reintroduction of the #RussianLaw , independent #media outlets in #Georgia find themselves facing a massive and coordinated onslaught from pro-govt propagandists, their supporters, and trolls'.
🔴 Statement by the founding CEO of Gazeti Batumelebi 👇
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