Tolerance.ca
Director / Editor: Victor Teboul, Ph.D.
Looking inside ourselves and out at the world
Independent and neutral with regard to all political and religious orientations, Tolerance.ca® aims to promote awareness of the major democratic principles on which tolerance is based.

Georgians rally against controversial ‘foreign agents’ bill – it’s the latest chapter in the country’s long history of political protest

By Natasha Lindstaedt, Professor, Department of Government, University of Essex
Thousands of Georgians have flocked to the streets of Tbilisi, even in the pouring rain, in protest at the passing of a Russian-inspired law that brands overseas-funded NGOs as “foreign agents”. Those who oppose the bill say it could be used to curtail civil liberties.

Two of Russia’s other neighbours, Kazakhstan and


Read complete article

© The Conversation -
Subscribe to Tolerance.ca


Follow us on ...
Facebook Twitter