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More than 10 people protested in front of the parliament in Tbilisi. Video

Protesters stretched for four blocks

In the capital of Georgia, Tbilisi, large-scale protests against the law on foreign agents, which is a copy of the Russian counterpart, continue for the second day.

Currently, more than 10 people have gathered on the square in front of the parliament building.

Protesters stretched for four blocks along Rustaveli Avenue from Svobody Square to Lesya Ukrainka Street.

As can be seen in numerous videos that have appeared on the Internet, people came to the square with Georgian flags, but some of them are holding flags of the EU, USA and Ukraine.

The protests began on March 7, after the bill on foreign agents was passed in the first reading. The document is essentially a copy of the Russian counterpart, which has been used for ten years to suppress dissent.

In the course of mass demonstrations, security forces used water cannons, tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse protesters, and in response they were pelted with bottles of incendiary mixture. The country's president, Salome Zurabishvili, then recorded an address in which she promised to veto the document regardless of how the parliament votes on it.

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