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The Georgian parliament, with the votes of deputies from the ruling Georgian Dream party, has approved an amendment to the law on freedom of speech that expands the definition of defamation, shifts the burden of proof to the defendant, and is retroactive. The amendment expands the possibilities of punishment for critical expressions in both public and private spaces, the Kavkazskiy Uzel portal reported.

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Tbilisi - The Georgian parliament, with the votes of deputies from the ruling Georgian Dream party, approved an amendment to the law on freedom of speech that expands the definition of defamation, shifts the burden of proof to the defendant, and is retroactive. The amendment expands the possibilities of punishment for critical expressions in both public and private spaces, the Kavkazskiy Uzel portal reported.

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The Parliament has approved amendments to the Law on Freedom of Speech and Expression. The amendments, which were sharply criticized by NGOs and lawyers, were supported by 83 MPs, with no opposition. According to the new provisions of the law, if a person believes that he or she has been defamed, the burden of proof in court will not lie with the plaintiff, but with the defendant. The draft law clarifies the definition of defamation as: a statem…

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The ruling Georgian Dream party-controlled parliament on Thursday finally adopted amendments to the law on freedom of expression that make it easier to prosecute for defamation.

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In the third reading, the Parliament of Georgia adopted amendments to the Law on Freedom of Expression and Expression and the Code of Civil Procedure. The law, inter alia, changes the definition of defamation. If in the current version of the law defamation was intended to cause harm, this part has now been deleted, and defamation will be considered "a statement containing a substantially false fact and a false name".