INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
independent media and the political opposition.In the latest escalation, police used pepper spray, tear gas, and water cannons against
hundreds of demonstrators
first reading last month.The draft legislation was approved in its second reading on Wednesday night
A final reading is scheduled for May 17.Georgia has sought for years to deepen its relations with the West, but the ruling Georgian Dream
party, led by billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili, has adopted increasingly anti-Western views in recent years and has been accused of trying to
