UN human rights chief urges Georgia to withdraw 'foreign agents' bill
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The U.N. human rights chief, Volker Türk, has urged Georgia to withdraw a controversial draft 'foreign agents' bill that has sparked large protests in Tbilisi. The bill would target organizations that receive foreign funding, requiring them to register as foreign agents if they obtain more than 20% of their funding from abroad. The U.S. government and the European Union have also expressed concern about the bill, with the EU warning that it would threaten Georgia's efforts to join the bloc. Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili has said she will veto the law if it is formally adopted in the third reading. Critics have compared the bill to a similar law in Russia used to target and silence opposition voices.
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