Georgian police use tear gas against protesters:

Georgian police used tear gas to disperse thousands of protesters Tuesday in central Tbilisi after Parliament gave its initial backing to a draft law on “foreign agents” that critics say represents an authoritarian shift imperiling the South Caucasus country’s hopes of European Union membership. The law, backed by the ruling Georgian Dream party, would require any organizations receiving more than 20 percent of its funding from overseas to register as “foreign agents,” or face substantial fines. Critics have said it is reminiscent of a 2012 law in Russia that has since been used to crack down on dissent. Reuters journalists in Tbilisi saw protesters angrily remonstrating with police armed with riot shields, who then used tear gas and water cannon to disperse them.