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From the Communiqué

8 June 2011

Tear gas and rubber bullets fired at protesters, journalists

Ten thousand Georgians hit the streets on 21 May in the capital, Tbilisi, demanding that President Mikheil Saakashvili step down. But with protests showing no signs of abating, security forces dispersed hundreds of opposition demonstrators using water cannons and teargas on 26 May, beating and detaining many, report Human Rights Watch, Reporters Without Borders (RSF), ARTICLE 19 and Index on Censorship. Several journalists were brutally targeted in the attack.
13 November 2007

PRESS SILENCED IN STATE OF EMERGENCY

Regional and international press freedom groups are demanding that the Georgian government immediately restore all news broadcasts and lift a state of emergency imposed after police violently broke up anti-government protests in the capital last week.

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Reports

12 March 2009

Attacks on the Press in 2008: Georgia

22 January 2009

World Report 2009: Georgia




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IPI demands release of Serbian journalist detained in South Ossetia 15 September 2011 Three photographers arrested, accused of espionage 12 July 2011 At least a dozen journalists attacked by police dispersing protesters 30 May 2011 Reporter accuses Georgian authorities of trying to poison him during NATO meetings in Brussels 5 July 2010 Journalist receives death threats from authorities 23 February 2010 Government department threatens to blackmail journalist 3 December 2009 IFJ endorses joint Russian and Georgian demand to end media restrictions 10 November 2009 Journalist sentenced to prison for libeling de facto president of Abkhazia 20 October 2009 Russian journalist faces jail term on forgery charges 22 September 2009 Journalist accused of insult and slander 21 September 2009 Opposition journalist released from prison after serving full four-year term for alleged "extortion" 28 August 2009 Journalist attacked by police at protest rally 29 June 2009 Polish television crew freed in South Ossetia 11 September 2008 Polish television crew detained in South Ossetia 9 September 2008 Journalist wounded by sniper; Israeli journalist shot at by Russian soldiers; two radio stations ransacked 19 August 2008 Azeri television crew, Turkish journalists fired upon by Russian troops in Gori, reporting equipment seized 18 August 2008 Lack of transparency, restricted flow of information fuel conflict, hamper long term peace, says ARTICLE 19 15 August 2008 Turkish journalists injured in attack, assaulted and detained by Russian soldiers 14 August 2008 Several Georgian, Russian websites blocked following attack by rival groups, hackers 14 August 2008 In Gori, Israeli journalist seriously injured, Trialeti radio-TV station ceases broadcasting; reporters denied access to Tbilisi victims 14 August 2008 Dutch cameraman killed, reporter wounded during bombing of Gori 12 August 2008 Five Russian, two Turkish journalists also injured in South Ossetia 12 August 2008 Two journalists killed, two missing, more injured while covering conflict in Ossetia 11 August 2008 Acting president says suspended TV station can resume broadcasting 4 December 2007 Four television journalists beaten by police; CPJ urges government to lift news restrictions, allow Imedi and Kavkaziya TV stations to reopen 9 November 2007 See all alerts: Georgia
 
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