Demonstrators wave a Georgian national flag standing in front of police block during an opposition protest against a bill near the Parliament building in Tbilisi, Georgia, on Thursday, May 2, 2024. Protesters denounce the bill as"the Russian law" because Moscow uses similar legislation to stigmatize independent news media and organizations critical of the Kremlin.
The third and final reading was expected in mid-May and it was not clear if the cancellation of Thursday’s session would affect the bill’s progress. The ruling Georgian Dream party Eighty-three of Georgia’s 150 lawmakers approved the bill in its second reading, while 23 voted against it.
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