Georgia’s president vetoes media law that has provoked weeks of protests

By The Associated Press on May 18, 2024.

TBILISI, Georgia (AP) – Georgia’s president on Saturday vetoed the so-called “Russian law” targeting media that has sparked weeks of mass protests.

The law would require media and NGOs to register as “pursuing the interests of a foreign power” if they receive more than 20% of their funding from abroad.

President Salome Zourabichvili said earlier in the week that she considered the law “unacceptable.”

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