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Spotlight: Azerbaijan Georgia Impunity Free Expression & the Law

Georgia must act on illegal abduction of Afgan Mukhtarli

Georgia must act on illegal abduction of Afgan Mukhtarli

7 June 2017
IFEX

After an Azerbaijani journalist was spirited away from Georgia, rights groups say the country must back up its previous statements on enforced disappearances.

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Azerbaijan Georgia Attacks Free Expression & the Law

Abducted journalist to face prosecution in Azerbaijan

An Azeri journalist who was was investigating corruption within Azerbaijan's first family will face prosecution in his native country after being kidnapped from Georgia's capital.

‎ Committee to Protect Journalists‎ 1 June 2017

Georgia

Award-winning poet faces trial following peaceful demonstration in Georgia

On 25 December 2015, Irakli Kakabadze was arrested and injured during a peaceful demonstration protesting the appointment of Judge Levan Murusidze to the Appeals Court of Georgia’s High Council of Justice in Georgia.

‎ PEN International‎22 January 2016

Georgia Censorship Free Expression & the Law

Authorities in Georgia urged to drop bill that would ban 'strife-inciting calls'

In a recent joint statement, over a dozen news outlets and 20 Georgian media freedom and human rights groups said the bill "carries a risk of unreasonably restricting freedom of expression and stifling criticism."

‎ International Press Institute ‎ 9 February 2015

Latest from Georgia

Concerns over involvement of Georgian government in media contract awards

‎ International Federation of Journalists

Georgia 16 December 2013
Georgian authorities urged to protect broadcaster's independence

‎ Reporters Without Borders

Georgia Free Expression & the Law 12 March 2013
Media face unknowns after parliamentary elections in Georgia

‎ Reporters Without Borders

Georgia Attacks Censorship 4 October 2012
Protestors, political activists detained in Georgia

‎ Human Rights Watch

Georgia Attacks Free Expression & the Law 27 September 2012
WPFC releases report on freedom of news media in Georgia

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Georgia Censorship 11 September 2012
IPI demands release of Serbian journalist detained in South Ossetia

‎ International Press Institute

Georgia 15 September 2011
Three photographers arrested, accused of espionage

‎ International Press Institute

Georgia 12 July 2011
Tear gas and rubber bullets fired at protesters, journalists

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Georgia 8 June 2011
At least a dozen journalists attacked by police dispersing protesters

‎ Reporters Without Borders

Georgia Attacks 30 May 2011
Reporter accuses Georgian authorities of trying to poison him during NATO meetings in Brussels

‎ Center for Journalism in Extreme Situations

Georgia 5 July 2010
Journalist receives death threats from authorities

‎ ARTICLE 19

Georgia 23 February 2010
Government department threatens to blackmail journalist

‎ Norwegian PEN

Georgia 3 December 2009
IFJ endorses joint Russian and Georgian demand to end media restrictions

‎ International Federation of Journalists

Georgia Russia 10 November 2009
Journalist sentenced to prison for libeling de facto president of Abkhazia

‎ World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers

Georgia 20 October 2009
Russian journalist faces jail term on forgery charges

‎ Committee to Protect Journalists

Georgia 22 September 2009
Journalist accused of insult and slander

‎ Center for Journalism in Extreme Situations

Georgia 21 September 2009
Opposition journalist released from prison after serving full four-year term for alleged "extortion"

‎ International Press Institute

Georgia Free Expression & the Law 28 August 2009
Journalist attacked by police at protest rally

‎ Center for Journalism in Extreme Situations

Georgia 28 June 2009
Attacks on the Press in 2008: Georgia

‎ Committee to Protect Journalists

Georgia 12 March 2009
World Report 2009: Georgia

‎ Human Rights Watch

Georgia 22 January 2009
Polish television crew freed in South Ossetia

‎ Committee to Protect Journalists

Georgia Russia 11 September 2008
Polish television crew detained in South Ossetia

‎ Committee to Protect Journalists

Georgia Russia 9 September 2008
Journalist wounded by sniper; Israeli journalist shot at by Russian soldiers; two radio stations ransacked

‎ Reporters Without Borders

Georgia 19 August 2008
Azeri television crew, Turkish journalists fired upon by Russian troops in Gori, reporting equipment seized

‎ Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety

Georgia Russia 18 August 2008
Lack of transparency, restricted flow of information fuel conflict, hamper long term peace, says ARTICLE 19

‎ ARTICLE 19

Georgia Russia 15 August 2008
Turkish journalists injured in attack, assaulted and detained by Russian soldiers

‎ International Press Institute

Georgia Russia 14 August 2008

At a glance

Georgia

Most covered free expression issues in this country

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Freedom on the Net 2017: Georgia

New surveillance laws introduced in 2017 have attracted criticism for allowing excessive access to user data

Freedom House 16 November 2017
Freedom of the Press 2016: Georgia

The closure of popular political programs on Imedi TV and the public broadcaster signaled the continued involvement of political interests in editorial decisions.

Freedom House 24 April 2016
Freedom on the Net 2015: Georgia

Internet data exempt from "two-key" wiretapping protections, Ministry of Internal Affairs has direct access to telecom servers

Freedom House 31 October 2015

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