Georgia withdraws ‘foreign agent’ bill, protests to continue
10 March 2023 |
5:04 am
After days of protests in the streets, Georgia's ruling party has said it will withdraw a proposed law to classify media and NGOs that receive funding from abroad as "foreign agents."
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