25 July 2002

Alert

CPJ releases statement marking anniversary of television journalist's murder


Incident details

Georgy Sanaya

killed


(CPJ/IFEX) - The following is a CPJ press release:




GEORGIA: CPJ releases statement marking anniversary of television journalist's murder

New York, July 25, 2002-To mark the one-year anniversary of the murder of Georgy Sanaya, a popular anchor for the Tbilisi-based independent television station Rustavi-2, Committee to Protect Journalists executive director Ann Cooper issued the following statement:

"We are disheartened that one year after Georgy Sanaya's July 26, 2001, murder, justice has not been done. And although President Eduard Shevardnadze said yesterday that the murder has been solved, no further information about this heinous crime has been made public.

We urge President Shevardnadze and Georgian law enforcement authorities to release this information and to do everything in their power to ensure that the perpetrators of this crime are brought to justice."

CPJ is a New York-based, independent, nonprofit organization that works to safeguard press freedom worldwide. For more information about press conditions in Georgia, visit www.cpj.org.





Source:

Committee to Protect Journalists
330 7th Ave., 11th Floor
New York, NY 10001
USA
info (@) cpj.org
Phone: +1 212 465 1004
Fax: +1 212 465 9568
 

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