Tens of thousands of protesters are set to gather on the streets of Tbsili on Tuesday for a second day of protests.
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00:00 Violence has erupted in the Georgian parliament during a heated debate on a controversial
00:06 foreign influence law.
00:10 Mamuka Dinaradze, head of the governing Georgian Dream parliamentary party, was punched by an
00:15 opposition member as he was presenting the draft law to the assembly.
00:21 Scruffles broke out as other politicians and security staff became involved.
00:28 The bill would require media and other non-commercial organizations to declare as foreign interests
00:33 if they receive more than 20% of their funding from abroad.
00:39 Opponents of the proposal also gathered outside the parliament.
00:42 They say similar legislation was used in Russia to stifle independent news media and opposition
00:47 groups.
00:50 Last year an earlier version of the law was put forward by the Georgian Dream party, but
00:55 was withdrawn after mass street protests.
00:58 the government.
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