Protesters plan to gather outside the parliament building, with many planning to stay overnight.
Georgian On Sunday, the government warned the protesters of arrest if they participate in blocking the parliament building.
Another demonstration is scheduled to take place in the capital, Tbilisi. The protest is against the controversial bill, according to which media and non-governmental organizations that receive more than a fifth of their funding from outside Georgia must register as promoters of foreign interests. The proposed law has been compared to a similar law in Russia, which has been used to silence dissidents and independent media.
Protesters plan to gather outside the parliament building, with many planning to stay overnight.
“Isolating a particularly important target is a punishable act, punishable by up to four years in prison,” said the Minister of the Interior Vakhtang Gomelauri.
“We intend to use this section of the law against every lawbreaker without exception,” the minister added.
Also the prime minister Irakli Kobakhidze warned all representatives of radical opposition groups that everyone is responsible for violence before the law.
On Saturday the organized demonstration gathered about 50,000 people on the streets of Tbilisi, according to the news agency Reuters. The demonstration was peaceful. Instead, previous nightly protests have been broken up.
Protesters say the bill is an attempt to silence critical voices and is evidence that the ruling Georgian Dream party is holding back Georgia’s long-term goal of joining the European Union. The protesters also accuse the government of trying to bring Georgia back into Russia’s bosom.
The demonstrators are led by many students and young people. Many carry both the Georgian and the EU flag. Some have also had Ukrainian flags.
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