Georgian group says it will take controversial media law to the constitutional court

A non-governmental organization in Georgia said Thursday it is preparing a lawsuit in the country's constitutional court to challenge a law that critics say will stifle news media and independent organizations. The law will require media and non-governmental organizations that receive more than 20% of their funding from abroad to register as representing the interests of foreign powers.

President Salome Zourabichvili vetoed the law after it was passed by parliament this month, but the parliament overrode the veto on Tuesday. The law now must be accepted by Zourabichvili by Sunday, or the speaker of the parliament can accept it if she does not. Georgia's Civil Society Foundation said in a statement that, “We declare that we will not live by the Russian law and will use all domestic and international mechanisms to prevent its action until the law is unconditionally repealed.

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