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Rights group urges Georgia to reject new proposal of ‘foreign agent’ bill

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Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged the Georgian Parliament on Wednesday to reject the ‘foreign agents’ bill. Europe and Central Asia director at HRW Hugh Williamson argued that if the bill passes, “it could spell the end of Georgia’s independent civil society”. Besides posing problems for independent civil society in Georgia, HRW believes the government is “plunging Georgia ever deeper into a human rights crisis”. Williamson said that activists and …

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Rights group urges Georgia to reject new proposal of ‘foreign agent’ bill

Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged the Georgian Parliament on Wednesday to reject the ‘foreign agents’ bill. Europe and Central Asia director at HRW Hugh Williamson argued that if the bill passes, “it could spell the end of Georgia’s independent civil society”. Besides posing problems for independent civil society in Georgia, HRW believes the government is “plunging Georgia ever deeper into a human rights crisis”. Williamson said that activists and …

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Georgia: Drop Repressive ‘Foreign Agents’ Bill

The Georgian parliament should reject a bill to introduce criminal penalties for civic activists and nongovernmental groups that refuse to register as “foreign agents,” Human Rights Watch said today.” The bill violates fundamental human rights norms and, if adopted, would severely harm Georgia’s civil society and further escalate the human rights crisis the authorities have triggered in recent months.

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HRW Warns GD’s Proposed FARA Could Severely Harm Civil Society

On March 26, Human Rights Watch released a scathing critique of a proposed law modeled after the U.S. Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA), urging the GD parliament to reject the bill that would criminalize civil society groups and nonprofit organizations refusing to register as “foreign agents,” and warning that the legislation violates universal human rights norms and threatens to dismantle independent civil society in Georgia. Hugh Williams…

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Human Rights Watch broke the news in New York, United States on Wednesday, March 26, 2025.
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