Tbilisi Opera right now after the Berliner Philharmoniker <3 The crowd started to shout 'YES TO EUROPE' and 'NO TO THE RUSSIAN LAW' after... of course, Beethoven.

Tbilisi is paralysed

Thousands and thousands of Georgians have shut the city’s main intersection totally down. Traffic ground to a total halt.

A senior European Union official told the Georgian government on Thursday that its proposed legislation on 'foreign agents' was 'unacceptable', and the U.S. ambassador appealed to Tbilisi not to turn away from the West.

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U.S. ambassador says Georgian government has refused invitations to discuss the 'foreign agent' bill with American officials.

Today marks 400 days since Evan was jailed for doing his job, another grim milestone that we hoped would never come. Evan has missed out on so much, isolated from the world that he loves and covered so well. There is a big hole in our hearts that won’t be filled until he is free

Comparable in size to the enormous pro-government meeting a few days ago, which was underwritten by huge numbers being bussed in by the ruling party to attend.

Reuters eyewitnesses saw some police officers physically attack protesters, who threw eggs and bottles at them, before using tear gas, water cannon and stun grenades to force demonstrators from the area outside the parliament building. reuters.com/world/europe/g… Felix Light

The leader of Georgia's main opposition party, parliament's second largest, has been beaten badly after disappearing from tonight's protest, his party tell me. He's missing at least one tooth.

Georgian security forces used water cannon, tear gas and stun grenades against protesters, escalating a crackdown after lawmakers debated a 'foreign agents' bill which is viewed by the opposition and Western nations as authoritarian and Russian-inspired reut.rs/3WlPp6s

TBILISI, April 30 (Reuters) - Georgian security forces used water cannon and tear gas against protesters outside parliament late on Tuesday, sharply escalating a crackdown after lawmakers debated a 'foreign agents' bill viewed as authoritarian.

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Georgian police just came down hard on anti-'foreign agent' bill protesters.

Watercannon, tear gas, and physical violence against protesters on outside parliament.

Lithuanian foreign minister:

The billionaire founder of Georgia’s ruling party has given a conspiracy-fueled address at a pro-government rally in Tbilisi, including suggesting that the West is under the control of a secret global conspiracy that his party is resisting.oc-media.org/ivanishvili-to…

Georgia's Ivanishvili lashes out at West amid 'foreign agent' bill crisis

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Georgia's parliament approves law on 'foreign agents' in first reading reut.rs/4aCy7WW

On Wednesday, the captain of Georgia's national soccer team, which is riding high after qualifying for Euro 2024, posted a picture on Instagram of two protesters staring down riot police on Tuesday night, adding the message 'Fuck Russia'.

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Just saw Georgian riot police break up anti-foreign agent law protest behind parliament. At least six arrests and pepper spray in use.