Police in Georgia's capital have used tear gas and water cannons to disperse protesters who rallied outside the country's parliament to protest a bill that would require media and non-commercial organizations to register as being under foreign influence if they get over 20% of their funding from abroad.

Georgian police on April 30 attacked protesters with tear gas and water cannons outside the parliament building in Tbilisi, where demonstrators gathered to protest the government's controversial "foreign agents" law,

TBILISI (Reuters) -Georgian security forces used water cannon, tear gas and stun grenades against protesters outside parliament late on Tuesday, sharply escalating a crackdown after lawmakers debated a "foreign agents" bill which is viewed by the opposition and Western nations as authoritarian and Russian-inspired.

The legislation has been criticised for bearing similarities imposed by the Kremlin on independent news and media in Russia.

Country’s president appeals to interior ministry to stand down riot police, deploring ‘shame’ of turning on youth.

Georgian police on Tuesday deployed tear gas and water cannon against thousands of protesters who rallied for a third week against a controversial "foreign influence" bill, an AFP reporter saw.