Georgia marks Independence Day amid protests against 'foreign agent law' | DW News
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- A military parade has been held to mark Georgia's Independence Day. The event in the capital Tbilisi follows weeks of protests and unrest over new legislation which critics say threatens democracy. The so-called 'Foreign Agent' bill requires media and non-profit organizations to register if more than 20% of their funding comes from abroad. The law was passed by Parliament but vetoed by Georgia's president who attended the ceremony. The ruling Georgian Dream party is, however, set to start parliamentary proceedings to overide that presidential veto.
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00:34 DW's Maria Katamadze reports from Tbilisi
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#Georgia #protes #ForeignAgentLaw
Respect to people who fight for the Freedom ✌️
Yes. those who fought hard for the Foreign Agent bill. That's the true independence.
@@jax10x who fought for the bill
More independent than german
Certainly not.
@@XiWinnie69How many occupying US soldiers are in Germany? How many in Georgia?
@@XiWinnie69It's over for the west😂😂😂
The "President" of Georgia was born in Paris, France. She worked for the French foreign Ministry in the early 2000s. She then became the french ambassador to Georgia and later took Georgian citizenship and became the "President". She has 2 children, one of the them works for french news outlet France24, the other works for the French foreign ministry. Georgia has 2000 schools and 25 000 NGOs (90% of which receive undisclosed foreign funding from Intel cut-outs), they have more NGO "employees" than they have schools teachers. That's how "independent" Georgia is.
WOW, so you are saying that a Georgian politician has a background in politics
XD, the Prime Minister of Georgia is a Moscow oligarch, they have a nice choice there
More Kremlin misdirection! Pluck figures about NGO in Georgia from the air, then claim they are all funded by intelligence agencies. Projecting much? And how many Russian oligarchs have their children in the West, why is that do you know?
@@tanczacyzesmerfami6832You were modest, he is Putin’s illegitimate son.
She is a President. Does not matter where she come from.
put it this way, it is a lot more independent than Germany which is not very independent at all
I don't understand what that does mean :-)
@@napoleonbonaparte4396Germany is a vassal of the US.
NOT passing the law will show georgia is not free.
passing the law will show Georgia is controlled by Ruzzia
isemc shen ra gitxari
The Indepenedence day mentioned in Georgia on 26 May and Armenia on 28 May have nothing to do with independence from USSR, but are related with establishing the first republics in 1918 after the collapse of Turkish Ottoman Republic and the Russian revolution of 1917. It is a mistake on Maria Katamadze's side to talk about the last 30 years of Independence, because the Independence days form the USSR are celebrated on other days.
Europe promises to help Georgian independence.
VS
Europe insist on Georgia to allow foreign agents to takeover media and social organizations.
(choose one, you cannot have both)
kremlin bot!
@@alebado8664 You lied. In our culture we don't build kremlins and we are independent of those institutions.
@@Northerner-Not-A-Doctor You may not, but you share the Kremlin bots' thirst for misinformation.
The georgian media system is set up in a way that only state owned outlets are profitable. Therefor all non state media need funds from elsewhere to survive. Therefore this law introduced is a way to shut down independed media hence why the majority in georgia is against the law
@@alebado8664 Dude, what did he say is not true? What is the EU so afraid of? Georgia just wants no foreign agents meddling in their country....what's the problem?
Ironic that Germany, a U.S. vassal nation is asking the independence of another country. Tell us who bombed the Nordstream pipeline
😅😅😅😅
Germany Is doing what the puppet Master Is asking?
Georgia doesn't Dw does. Ridiculous Dw.
Foreign agent law is just a way for Georgia to reassert its independence by reducing foreign influence.
Oh, yeah. A daily catch up on Georgia.
Icidentally, wouldn't this new law also make the Russian funded NGOs reveal their contributions?
There are no russian funded NGOs in Georgia.
NO!!
@@sellenis3 How come?
@@urbansenicar81 they are mostly pro government, and in corrupt countries law will be enforced only on opposition
@@urbansenicar81 There are no Russian NGOs in Georgia
Georgia is not independent if its legislators can't pass laws without EU and US interference.
Who said that? They passed many bills without EU and US independence, including the Foreign Agent Law.
@@napoleonbonaparte4396 and now the EU and US are threatening them with sanctions.
They can pass them, however, cost is being a vessel of Ruzzia
@@nika68481 Russia hasn't done anything to Georgia recently. Not even commenting.
@@anonanon7235 You are funny
Every country should have that law to protect their sovereignty. I don’t know if it’s a Russian law but it is most certainly a U.S. law. 💁
kremlin bot!
@@alebado8664CIA bot
@@alebado8664 You lied. He is an American promoting American law.
Does DW have to register under FARA? No. Would DW have to register under the Georgian law? Yes. And you think they are the same?
@@nigelgarrett7970dw is not funded from outside lil bro.
It's OK if the top countries have such laws but not small countries? Let me hear you justifying new colonialism.
What law do you think we are protesting against? Are you even aware what you are talking about?
@@LinewidthLinsey You are protesting against the same law that USA has to protect itself from alien influences.
@LinewidthLinsey if you are pro Russia and agree with Russian medling and even Western meddling in your country's internal affairs, just say it and come clean.
причем тут россия , обьясните, о чем вы говорите?
в грузии к власти пришли марионетки Сороса в результате госпереворота.
Президент грузии - эталонная марионетка.
Парламент грузии принимает закон, который в интересах грузии , и который показывает агентов иностранного влияния.
копия с закона сша.
но виновата во всем - россия.
это шизофрения.
@@LinewidthLinseyAnyone that's against the law is brainwashed so hard to welcome foreign countries meddling in their internal affairs. Do Georgians have no pride?
What is wrong with this law? AFAIK it requires organisations to disclose their funding sources, especially foreign sources! Even the US has it! So I am confused why people are complaining... What am I missing?
Read the law itself, not just foreign funding and disclosing or than stuff. Read. The WHOLE law.
Missing that it's ok for the US to have it. Only states they want to control are not allowed to have it. If the law said "foreign agents, except american and its allies", US and EU would give a green light to the law for sure!
It mirrors Putins law to silence his opponents.
@Georgianmap .....this is the perfect example of the kind of colonial thinking that people in Georgia have always had and will have, which is no more than 20%. sometimes they managed to come to power and always ended with the loss of territory!!! that's enough world is changing!!! გამოიხედეთ ცოტა რა ხდება ქვეყანაზე!!🤦🏻🤦🏻
@@torniketor7932 დებილი ხარ? გინდა რუსი იყო თუ რა?
The important question is how independent are we Germans?? It’s high time to make sure that unlike London, Berlin don’t take orders from Washington!!
Washington doesn't even take orders from Washington
How independent you think Germans are with more than 35.000 thousands US occupying soldiers in their country?
So what is independence? Is it independence from the West or independence from Russia or independence from both West and Russia
Independence from russia.
In the west every state is independend.
@@sH-ed5yfThen why exactly do Western countries interfere in the internal affairs of Georgia?
@@piratesofthebarentssea Well why is russia doing it. And why is russia occupieing 1/5 of georgia?
после слов "на западе каждая страна независима" - доктор может смело ставить диагноз шизофрения.
но, какую часть грузии оккупирует россия?
@@sH-ed5yfRussia is not occupying Georgia.
Georgia is an independent state.
So are there any more protests planned 😂. This question tells the whole story of foreign interference in Georgia
Are you saying that the Georgian people are helpless puppets?
@@nigelgarrett7970 not helpless, but let's say they have "helpful" motivators (as Ukrainians had/have...)
@@eddastrohmayer251 Thanks for replying, as my original reply has been deleted by others for some reason.
And here's the rub. I am sure that there are those who would like to see protests in . How do we say that they are encouraged by external agents? When we would like it to be true? I have contributed to hardship funds for striking workers in my country. Does that make me an agitator, or someone who agrees with their cause and wants to help how they can?
Well, they have a French president, so you know, they are very independent.
Georgia is more independent than Germany --vessel state of British USA 😂😂😂. Veiw from Nepal
Certainly false. Care to give source to prove your point?
@@XiWinnie69More than 35.000 occupying US soldiers in country!!
Georgians don’t think so
@@icu17siberia You mean the paid thugs from Romania and Poland in Georgia ?
Nepal is one of the poorest countries in the world, the only view worth mentioning from Nepal is Annapurna
Lets talk how independent German are😅
More than 35.000 US soldiers as occupying force say more than enough!!
😂😂😂😂 they are under USA occupation after 1945 🤦🏻🤦🏻
Russia invaded Georgia, and still has its military occupying Georgian territory. The Georgians have been fighting for real political freedom and independence for years. The interviewer's questions give the appearance of someone who has no sense of the magnitude of this struggle.
DW, Euronews... they have never been objective!!!
Well USA still occupate Germany so...😊
Germany who blew up nordstream pipeline
Germany? What a nonsense ... Everybody knows who blew up northstream and that was definitely not Germany. Hint: It was the country who profits most of it...
@@eddastrohmayer251 I heard alot of "germany profiting from cease gas dependance from russia". case solved.
@@palar4195 Germany and many other European countries profited from cooperation with Russia, including importing gas from Russia. Now they buy expensive fracking gas from USA
@@eddastrohmayer251 I was sarcastic.
Proof and source? You got any pictures?
✊Free Germany from U$A ✊
Germany should be a Sovereign state.
A sovereign state is a state that has the highest authority over a territory.
International law defines sovereign states as having a permanent population, defined territory, a government not under another, and the capacity to interact with other sovereign states.
It is also commonly understood that a sovereign state is independent.
France Macron: You are only vassal state if someone else allows to establish military bases in your territory.
Germany is an occupied country.
I think it was a very bad idea to open the comment section up. Please close it now
The reporter doesn't know any history. The Georgian independence day was 26 May 1918 resulting from the bolshevik revolution in 1917 and adoption of the Act of Independence, which established the Democratic Republic of Georgia.
what is 2018, i think 1918
@@Georgianmapping19283 of course
wtf even usa flag?
Because they don't like Russia🤷. You can also see some Russia flag in protests in the west. So why so surprised?
foreign agent , same in HK 2019
@@XiWinnie69 not on independence day, it is disgraceful to use any other flag on independence day
@@WhatsNextt An American flag represents freedom and liberty and Georgians support ti 100% But i agree that it is disgraceful
@@Georgianmapping19283 from being russian puppet to being usa puppet, nothing changes
The Real name of Georgia 🇬🇪 is -
S A K H A R T V E L O საქართველო. It’s not us🇺🇸 as STATE some people are mistaken in names.
გაუმარჯოს დემოკრატიულ საქართველოს. რიმელსაც გააჩნია სუვერენული უფლება მიიღოს მის შიდა პოლიტიკაში ქვეყნისთვის სასიკეთო გადაწყვეტილება. ეს არეხება ევროკავშირს თუ რასვიზამთ ჩვენ. შვენ ჩვენი ეროვნული ინტერესებით ვმოქმედებთ და პატივს ვცემთ მეგობრებს, ასევე მეგობრებიდანაც ვითხოვთ პატივისცემას, თანაბარ უფლებებით. გაუმარჯოს დამოუკიდებელ საქართველოს, მისი ერივნული ღირებულებებით. ❤️❣️
no one askes how independent is Germany, UK, Japan or south Korea. But they follow USA like good little lapdogs. Yet Georgia is not really free because the elected government wants a law that forces foreign funded groups and individuals to declare as such if they want to work lawfully.
Germany, UK, Japan, and South Korea are certainly more independent than Georgia and Russia with more developed rules of law and standards of living. You can literally search the data from Internet🤷. Or why would top elites in Russia keep their money in the west, but not in their own country? Also if you want to compare independence between countries, the degree of rules of law is a good index, and certainly Russia and Georgia are behind in the list
@@XiWinnie69Howmcan a Country with more than 35.000 occupying US-soldiers be independent?
How independent is Germany?! With its chancellor scared shitless?
I don't see the problem with this law. The law prevents media from being influenced by foreign powers, whether Russian, Chinese or US. And BTW, we have a law just like this in the EU, since we are not allowed to watch Russian media anymore. So if you critisize the Georgian government, you have to critisize the EU regime too. Otherwise you're just a hypocrite.
A ton of bots and Ruzzists in the comments.
Edit: btw, don't engage with bots and trolls.
მოგიტყან გეი ევროპა 🏳️🌈
It's usually the one who accuses others of being bots 🤡.😅😅😅Great Job Georgia on passing this law!😂😂😂
West theory is simple - be my subservient ptherwiss ur not independent
More to the point….how independent is the EU? Now that’s something to debate until the proverbial cows come home. It’s interesting the EU wants a law scraped that outs foreign interference….why? Is it so you can keep n interfering perhaps?
Georgians want neutrality. But there is no choice. The law is not only about 'no interfearance'. Russia already occupies 20% of Georgia. Clearly interferance. It's better that EU inteferes with Georgia, rather than Ruzzia.
I coming I want a house 🏠 in 🇬🇧 me in staying in Trinidad 🇹🇹
What happenend in Ukraine a decade ago is actualy happening in Georgia.
I hope the georgian government learnend that lesson.
But the actual government there has the majority behind them. Its way smaller
and has no right wing radicals to whom a human life means nothing.
But that law is copied from USA😂
No it isn't. Does DW have to register under the West's laws? No, but it would under the Georgian one.
@@nigelgarrett7970it is from the US and the UK!
@@huanghermann5207 DW is not "registered as a foreign agent" in the United States or the UK.
DW's directors or journalists are not wanted for arrest for being foreign agents in either the US nor the UK.
In Georgia after the foreign agents bill? Yes, they would. In Russia? Yes, they currently are.
Anyone who has received money from abroad, even if it is from exports, from stocks, or from currency exchange is subject to arrests in Russia and Georgia. This does not apply in the United States.
Proof? Source?
@@XiWinnie69Saskia
🇪🇺❤️🇪🇺❤️🇪🇺
A liteny of Lies shameful DW.
Russia desperately needs this version of the law in Georgia.
Russia already has that law.
already passed in 2012
God bless Russia ORTHODOX brothers and neighbours 🇬🇪🇷🇺☦️💪😉
For everyone commenting here, we have constitution in which the 78th point is Euro-Atlantic integration. Which is backed by 80% of Georgian population. So any laws that takes us away from our constitution is anti-constitutional.
We need partners and we want it to be Europe and USA and not Russia, China, Iran, Turkey and other authoritarian ones
Also the law is against NGOs, public sector and individuals and not diplomats or government members
🤦♂
How will the law bring you back to russia, when it will demand ngos to reveal their fundings, if their are funded by russia, of course
What is the US and EU so afraid of when Georgia enacts a Foreign Agents Law? What business does US/EU have telling Georgia what law it can pass and not pass?
@@anonanon7235 it's not about US or EU, it's FREE Georgian people. US and EU are with US, the people, nation and not with corrupt politicians.
Ha ha😂😂 how independent every pro-west country?😂😂
Georgia belongs to Russia
Delete this nonsense and never repeat it
20% of Georgia is occupied by ruzzia. Same as Ukraine. Ruzzia will invade and occupy any country is feels is weak.