The dispersal of people who demonstrated against the law on foreign agents in Tbilisi did not go unnoticed by Europe. Thus, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Josep Borrell expressed his disapproval.

“I strongly condemn the violence against protesters in Georgia who were peacefully demonstrating against the Foreign Agents Act. Georgia is an EU candidate country and I call on its authorities to ensure the right to peaceful assembly,” Borrell said.

Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili called on the Ministry of Internal Affairs to stop dispersing protesters. “It is obvious that the action took place peacefully, it did not pose any danger, there was no threat to order,” she emphasized.

Last night, 63 people were detained at a protest rally near parliament in Tbilisi, and 6 police officers were injured.

Today, a mass brawl occurred in the Georgian parliament during the discussion of the bill on foreign agents in the second reading. A clash involving about 40 deputies began between representatives of the ruling Georgian Dream party and the opposition.

On April 29, a pro-government rally was held in Tbilisi in support of the law on foreign agents. About one hundred thousand people took part in it. The opposition calls the sensational bill a “Russian law,” copying a similar Russian initiative. Among the participants of the action were many employees of budgetary organizations.