Protesters block square in Tbilisi over foreign agents law

Protesters against the law on foreign agents blocked Freedom Square in Tbilisi.

Due to the actions of the protesters, the movement of cars is restricted. Drivers honked loudly, expressing their discontent, as reported by Lenta.ru

Brigades of patrol police were mobilized to the site.

In the evening of the same day, women went to a rally against the law on foreign agents. They gathered on Republic Square and then moved towards the parliament building on Rustaveli Avenue.

According to Civil Georgia, on April 2O, women and youth marches were held against the Foreign Agents law. The women’s protest also concerned the recent abolition of the mandatory women quotas for political parties in electoral lists.

Dozens of women gathered at 17:00 at the First Republic Square, marching down the Rustaveli avenue to the Parliament building where they held the rally. “We, the women, choose Europe. No to Russian Law” a demonstrator’s sign read. “Not fragile like a lower, fragile like a bomb,” “Give us back quotas!” read other signs.

The police, their faces covered with medical masks, were mobilized at the Georgian government administration building, because at some point the information spread that the youth were going to march there too. This time, however, the government building was not one of the targets of the march.