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Thousands of pro-European demonstrators have protested in Tbilisi against the Georgian government’s plans to reintroduce legislation aimed at curbing foreign-funded non-governmental organizations. A local spokesman told dpa some 10,000 people took part in the demonstration. Under the new law, which the ruling Georgian Dream party is trying to introduce, all non-governmental organizations (NGO) that receive more than 20% of their funding from abroad would have to make an annual declaration. In Georgia, many civil society projects are dependent on Western funding. Critics of the law accuse the G…

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