Dutch cameraman killed, reporter wounded during bombing of Gori
(CPJ/IFEX)- The following is a CPJ press release: Dutch cameraman killed, reporter wounded in Georgia New York, August 12, 2008 – Stan Storimans, a cameraman with Netherlands-based television channel RTL Nieuws, was killed today during bombing in the central Georgian city of Gori. His colleague, reporter Jeroen Akkermans, suffered shrapnel wounds to his leg and […]
Five Russian, two Turkish journalists also injured in South Ossetia
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is an 11 August 2008 CPJ press release: Two killed, several injured or missing in South Ossetia New York, August 11, 2008 – Two journalists were reported killed, at least eight were injured, and two have gone missing since fighting erupted between Georgian, Russian, and local forces in the disputed region […]
Two journalists killed, two missing, more injured while covering conflict in Ossetia
(IFJ/IFEX) – The following is an IFJ media release: IFJ Calls for “Safe Space” for Media after Two Georgian Journalists Killed in South Ossetia The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today called on Russian, Georgian and any other combat forces involved in the conflict in the region to respect the rights of media workers and […]
Annual Report 2008: Georgia
Annual Report 2008: Georgia
World Report 2008: Georgia
World Report 2008: Georgia
Attacks on the Press in 2007: Georgia
Attacks on the Press in 2007: Georgia
Freedom of the Press 2007: Georgia
Freedom of the Press 2007: Georgia
Acting president says suspended TV station can resume broadcasting
(RSF/IFEX) – Reporters Without Borders hailed the 3 December 2007 statement by acting president Nino Burjanadze that she plans to ask the judicial authorities to lift a month-old broadcast ban on the independent television channel Imedi TV. “The danger that was the cause of Imedi TV’s closure no longer exists,” she said. “We welcome the […]
Four television journalists beaten by police; CPJ urges government to lift news restrictions, allow Imedi and Kavkaziya TV stations to reopen
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is an 8 November 2007 CPJ press release: Georgia shuts two TV stations, blocks others from news-gathering New York, November 8, 2007 – The Georgian government should immediately allow two private television stations to resume broadcasting, and it must lift a ban on news-gathering imposed on all other private broadcasters, the […]
Government bans non-state news broadcasts; police beat journalists, ombudsman; television stations raided, shut
(HRW/IFEX) – The following is a Human Rights Watch press release: Georgia: Riot Police Violently Disperse Peaceful Protesters Government Shuts TV Stations, Then Declares Emergency Rule (New York, November 8, 2007) – Riot police in the Georgian capital Tbilisi beat demonstrators and shot fleeing protestors with rubber bullets while trying to disperse anti-government demonstrations, Human […]
Jailed TV station co-founder Chalva Ramishvili does not get presidential pardon, unlike colleague
(RSF/IFEX) – Reporters Without Borders has learned that Chalva Ramishvili, one of the co-founders of the independent TV station 202, has not received a presidential pardon, unlike his partner, 202 managing editor David Kokhreidze. The two journalists were convicted on flimsy evidence in March 2006 of extorting money from a parliamentarian. Ramishvili was sentenced to […]
Three filmmakers released from prison in breakaway region
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a CPJ press release: GEORGIA: Three filmmakers released from prison in breakaway region New York, March 28, 2006 – Authorities in the breakaway region of Abkhazia released three filmmakers on Saturday after detaining them for three weeks on charges of entering the self-declared republic illegally, according to local and international […]
Filmmakers sentenced to prison for espionage
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 9 March 2006 CPJ press release: GEORGIA: Filmmakers sentenced to prison for espionage New York, March 9, 2006 – A court in the breakaway region of Abkhazia has sentenced three Georgian filmmakers to three months in prison for espionage and illegally entering the self-declared republic in the northwest Caucasus, […]
Police raid independent newspaper
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 20 July 2004 CPJ press release: GEORGIA: Police raid independent newspaper New York, July 20, 2004 – Financial police in the capital of Tbilisi raided the office of The Georgian Times after the independent weekly newspaper published a series of articles questioning how a prosecutor had acquired certain assets. […]
Journalists beaten at opposition rally
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a CPJ press release: GEORGIA: Journalists beaten at opposition rally New York, May 4, 2004-The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) condemns the Friday, April 30, attack on journalists covering an opposition rally in the city of Batumi, in the autonomous republic of Ajaria in southern Georgia. According to Alexi Tvaradze, […]
RSF calls for end to relentless harassment of media in autonomous republic of Ajaria
(RSF/IFEX) – On 5 March 2004, television journalist Vakhtang Komakhidze was brutally beaten in the latest of a dozen incidents of harassment of the media in the autonomous republic of Ajaria that have occurred to date in 2004. His assailants were identified by a witness as belonging to the Ajarian special forces. RSF has called […]