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    <title>IFEX - Georgia</title>
    <link>http://www.ifex.org/georgia/</link>
    <description>Georgia</description>
    <language>en</language>
    <pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 00:19:20 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Georgia - IPI demands release of Serbian journalist detained in South Ossetia]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/georgia/2011/09/15/lazic_imprisoned/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Viktor Lazic was detained on 3 September on the border between Georgia and South Ossetia and is now being held in solitary confinement.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2011 16:10:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/georgia/2011/09/15/lazic_imprisoned/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Georgia - Three photographers arrested, accused of espionage]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/georgia/2011/07/12/photographers_arrested/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[IPI is concerned about the ambiguous circumstances surrounding the arrest of Irakli Gedenidze, Giorgi Abdaladze and Zurab Kurtsikidze, and calls on the government to lay out its evidence in a clear manner or release the photographers.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 12 Jul 2011 09:33:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/georgia/2011/07/12/photographers_arrested/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Georgia - Tear gas and rubber bullets fired at protesters, journalists]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/georgia/2011/06/08/violent_protests/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 08 Jun 2011 17:29:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/georgia/2011/06/08/violent_protests/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Georgia - At least a dozen journalists attacked by police dispersing protesters]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/georgia/2011/05/30/anti_government_demonstration/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Journalists were verbally and physically attacked in the ensuing melee, cameras and video cameras were seized or destroyed and some reporters were arrested without justification.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 30 May 2011 13:09:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/georgia/2011/05/30/anti_government_demonstration/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Georgia - Reporter accuses Georgian authorities of trying to poison him during NATO meetings in Brussels]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/georgia/2010/07/05/popkhadze_poisoned/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Giorgy Popkhadze said that Georgian journalists and human rights activists had recently visited him, bringing materials on repression and killings in Georgia.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 05 Jul 2010 09:14:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/georgia/2010/07/05/popkhadze_poisoned/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Georgia - Journalist receives death threats from authorities]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/georgia/2010/02/23/komakhidze_death_threats/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Journalist Vakhtang Komakhidze recently returned from South Ossetia where he was producing a documentary on the 2008 Russian-Georgian conflict.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 12:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/georgia/2010/02/23/komakhidze_death_threats/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Georgia - Government department threatens to blackmail journalist ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/georgia/2009/12/03/jorbenadze_harassed/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[When journalist Tedo Jorbenadze refused to divulge information about "Batumelebi" newspaper, law enforcers threatened to blackmail him.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 11:33:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/georgia/2009/12/03/jorbenadze_harassed/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Georgia - IFJ endorses joint Russian and Georgian demand to end media restrictions]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/georgia/2009/11/10/media_restrictions/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Media groups are calling for an end to war propaganda and concrete actions to promote dialogue and confidence between Russian and Georgian journalists.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/georgia/2009/11/10/media_restrictions/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Georgia - Journalist sentenced to prison for libeling de facto president of Abkhazia]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/georgia/2009/10/20/kriveniuk_sentenced/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[WAN-IFRA calls on the de facto president to ensure that the conviction of journalist Anton Kriveniuk is overturned and that libel is decriminalised.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:36:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/georgia/2009/10/20/kriveniuk_sentenced/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Georgia - Russian journalist faces jail term on forgery charges]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/georgia/2009/09/22/pipia_charged/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[According to the Russian news agency RIA Novosti, its Tbilisi bureau chief is facing up to three years in prison if convicted on a forgery charge.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:50:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/georgia/2009/09/22/pipia_charged/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Georgia - Journalist accused of insult and slander]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/georgia/2009/09/21/krivinyuk_harassed/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[A criminal case was opened by prosecutors against journalist Anton Krivinyuk, who published an article criticising authorities and the president.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 13:13:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/georgia/2009/09/21/krivinyuk_harassed/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Georgia - Opposition journalist released from prison after serving full four-year term for alleged "extortion"]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/georgia/2009/08/28/ramishvili_released/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The exact circumstances that led to journalist Shalva Ramishvili's arrest remain unclear, said IPI.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 13:59:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/georgia/2009/08/28/ramishvili_released/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Georgia - Journalist attacked by police at protest rally]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/georgia/2009/06/29/journalist_beaten/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The leader of a journalists' union was beaten at a protest rally on 15 June 2009.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 01:32:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/georgia/2009/06/29/journalist_beaten/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Georgia - Polish television crew freed in South Ossetia ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/georgia/2008/09/11/polish_television_crew_freed_in/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(CPJ/IFEX) - The following is a 9 September 2008 CPJ press release:]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 10:00:31 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/georgia/2008/09/11/polish_television_crew_freed_in/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Georgia - Polish television crew detained in South Ossetia]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/georgia/2008/09/09/polish_television_crew_detained/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(CPJ/IFEX) - The following is an 8 September 2008 CPJ press release:]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2008 09:45:56 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/georgia/2008/09/09/polish_television_crew_detained/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Georgia - Journalist wounded by sniper; Israeli journalist shot at by Russian soldiers; two radio stations ransacked ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/georgia/2008/08/19/journalist_wounded_by_sniper_israeli/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(RSF/IFEX) - Three journalists - Giga Chikhladze, correspondent of Russian "Newsweek&quot; and head of Alania TV, Alexander Klimchuk, head of the photo agency Caucasus Press Images and correspondent for the news agency Itar-Tass, and Stan Storimans, cameraman for the Dutch TV station RTL-4 - have been killed since fighting began in Georgia on 8 August 2008. The death of a fourth journalist, a Georgian, and his driver, reportedly in the bombing of Gori on 12 August, has not been confirmed.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:15:18 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/georgia/2008/08/19/journalist_wounded_by_sniper_israeli/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Georgia - Azeri television crew, Turkish journalists fired upon by Russian troops in Gori, reporting equipment seized]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/georgia/2008/08/18/azeri_television_crew_turkish_journalists/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(IRFS/IFEX) - IRFS condemns the opening of gunfire by Russian soldiers on a television crew from the Azerbaijani station ANS TV and Turkish journalists in Gori on 14 August 2008. According to ANS, on 14 August Russian tanks blocked all entrances to Gori. Russian armed forces did not permit the journalists, who are covering the Georgia-Russia conflict, into the city and, by force, took reporting equipment away from several journalists.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:14:33 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/georgia/2008/08/18/azeri_television_crew_turkish_journalists/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Georgia - Lack of transparency, restricted flow of information fuel conflict, hamper long term peace, says ARTICLE 19]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/georgia/2008/08/15/lack_of_transparency_restricted/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(ARTICLE 19/IFEX) - The following is a 14 August 2008 ARTICLE 19 press release:]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 10:52:18 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/georgia/2008/08/15/lack_of_transparency_restricted/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Georgia - Turkish journalists injured in attack, assaulted and detained by Russian soldiers]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/georgia/2008/08/14/turkish_journalists_injured_in/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(IPI/IFEX) - The following is an IPI press release:]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 12:37:59 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/georgia/2008/08/14/turkish_journalists_injured_in/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Georgia - Several Georgian, Russian websites blocked following attack by rival groups, hackers]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/georgia/2008/08/14/several_georgian_russian_websites/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(RSF/IFEX) - RSF condemns the many violations of online freedom of information that have been perpetrated since the outbreak of fighting in the Georgian province of South Ossetia on 8 August 2008, including the Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks on many Georgian websites, in which the servers they use are overloaded and crashed by millions of connection requests.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 10:27:17 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/georgia/2008/08/14/several_georgian_russian_websites/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Georgia - In Gori, Israeli journalist seriously injured, Trialeti radio-TV station ceases broadcasting; reporters denied access to Tbilisi victims]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/georgia/2008/08/14/in_gori_israeli_journalist_seriously/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(CPJ/IFEX) - The following is a 13 August 2008 CPJ press release:]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 14 Aug 2008 10:05:47 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/georgia/2008/08/14/in_gori_israeli_journalist_seriously/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Georgia - Dutch cameraman killed, reporter wounded during bombing of Gori]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/georgia/2008/08/12/dutch_cameraman_killed_reporter/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(CPJ/IFEX)- The following is a CPJ press release:]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 16:16:19 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/georgia/2008/08/12/dutch_cameraman_killed_reporter/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Georgia - Five Russian, two Turkish journalists also injured in South Ossetia]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/georgia/2008/08/12/five_russian_two_turkish_journalists/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(CPJ/IFEX) - The following is an 11 August 2008 CPJ press release:]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 12 Aug 2008 08:25:22 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/georgia/2008/08/12/five_russian_two_turkish_journalists/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Georgia - Two journalists killed, two missing, more injured while covering conflict in Ossetia]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/georgia/2008/08/11/two_journalists_killed_two_missing/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(IFJ/IFEX) - The following is an IFJ media release:]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 14:26:48 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/georgia/2008/08/11/two_journalists_killed_two_missing/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Georgia - Acting president says suspended TV station can resume broadcasting]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/georgia/2007/12/04/acting_president_says_suspended/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(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.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2007 14:04:29 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/georgia/2007/12/04/acting_president_says_suspended/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Georgia - PRESS SILENCED IN STATE OF EMERGENCY]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/georgia/2007/11/13/press_silenced_in_state_of_emergency/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2007 16:36:17 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/georgia/2007/11/13/press_silenced_in_state_of_emergency/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Georgia - Four television journalists beaten by police; CPJ urges government to lift news restrictions, allow Imedi and Kavkaziya TV stations to reopen]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/georgia/2007/11/09/four_television_journalists_beaten/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(CPJ/IFEX) - The following is an 8 November 2007 CPJ press release:]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2007 17:37:07 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/georgia/2007/11/09/four_television_journalists_beaten/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Georgia - Government bans non-state news broadcasts; police beat journalists, ombudsman; television stations raided, shut]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/georgia/2007/11/08/government_bans_non_state_news/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(HRW/IFEX) - The following is a Human Rights Watch press release:]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2007 14:42:41 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/georgia/2007/11/08/government_bans_non_state_news/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Georgia - ARTICLE 19 REPORT HIGHLIGHTS ACCESS TO INFORMATION IN POST-CONFLICT SOCIETIES]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/georgia/2007/07/17/article_19_report_highlights_access/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Access to comprehensive and accurate information increases people's sense of safety while the lack of reliable information fuels insecurity, an ARTICLE 19 report on post-conflict societies has found.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jul 2007 17:42:06 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/georgia/2007/07/17/article_19_report_highlights_access/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Georgia - Jailed TV station co-founder Chalva Ramishvili does not get presidential pardon, unlike colleague ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/georgia/2007/06/14/jailed_tv_station_co_founder_chalva/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(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 four years in prison. Kokhreidze got three years.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 14 Jun 2007 17:04:55 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/georgia/2007/06/14/jailed_tv_station_co_founder_chalva/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Georgia - Three filmmakers released from prison in breakaway region]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/georgia/2006/03/28/three_filmmakers_released_from/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(CPJ/IFEX) - The following is a CPJ press release:]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 28 Mar 2006 18:47:22 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/georgia/2006/03/28/three_filmmakers_released_from/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Georgia - Filmmakers sentenced to prison for espionage]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/georgia/2006/03/10/filmmakers_sentenced_to_prison/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(CPJ/IFEX) - The following is a 9 March 2006 CPJ press release:]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 10 Mar 2006 10:53:45 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/georgia/2006/03/10/filmmakers_sentenced_to_prison/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Georgia - ARTICLE 19 SURVEYS ACCESS TO INFORMATION IN ARMENIA, AZERBAIJAN, GEORGIA]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/georgia/2005/04/20/article_19_surveys_access_to_information/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ARTICLE 19 has published a new report highlighting the need for Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia to implement laws enabling the media and citizens to better access public information. The report assesses media laws and media ownership in each country and concludes that media in all three countries face significant barriers in accessing government information.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2005 13:47:06 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/georgia/2005/04/20/article_19_surveys_access_to_information/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Georgia - Police raid independent newspaper]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/georgia/2004/07/21/police_raid_independent_newspaper/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(CPJ/IFEX) - The following is a 20 July 2004 CPJ press release:]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2004 11:34:41 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/georgia/2004/07/21/police_raid_independent_newspaper/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Georgia - Journalists beaten at opposition rally]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/georgia/2004/05/04/journalists_beaten_at_opposition/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(CPJ/IFEX) - The following is a CPJ press release:]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2004 19:13:39 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/georgia/2004/05/04/journalists_beaten_at_opposition/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Georgia - RSF calls for end to relentless harassment of media in autonomous republic of Ajaria]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/georgia/2004/03/11/rsf_calls_for_end_to_relentless/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(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.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2004 16:19:32 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/georgia/2004/03/11/rsf_calls_for_end_to_relentless/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Georgia - HARSH TREATMENT OF JOURNALISTS, HARSH LAWS]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/georgia/2004/03/09/harsh_treatment_of_journalists/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) reported on 5 March, 2004, that Vakhtang Komakhidze, a reporter for the "60 Minutes&quot; programme on independent television station Rustavi-2, was brutally attacked that day in the autonomous republic of Ajaria in southern Georgia.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2004 19:13:57 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/georgia/2004/03/09/harsh_treatment_of_journalists/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Georgia - Journalist attacked]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/georgia/2004/03/05/journalist_attacked/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(CPJ/IFEX) - The following is a CPJ press release:]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2004 19:01:16 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/georgia/2004/03/05/journalist_attacked/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Georgia - WAN condemns attacks on the media]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/georgia/2004/02/24/wan_condemns_attacks_on_the_media/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(WAN/IFEX) - In a 24 February 2004 letter to President Mikheil Saakashvili, WAN and the World Editors Forum (WEF) condemned without reserve a series of attacks on the media since the November "Rose Revolution&quot;.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2004 14:41:09 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/georgia/2004/02/24/wan_condemns_attacks_on_the_media/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Georgia - Harsh defamation laws must be amended, says ARTICLE 19]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/georgia/2004/02/16/harsh_defamation_laws_must_be_amended/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(ARTICLE 19/IFEX) - The following is an ARTICLE 19 press release:]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2004 17:57:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/georgia/2004/02/16/harsh_defamation_laws_must_be_amended/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Georgia - IPI concerned about pressure faced by mass media]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/georgia/2004/02/10/ipi_concerned_about_pressure_faced/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(IPI/IFEX) - The following is a 9 February 2004 IPI letter to President Mikheil Saakashvili:]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2004 12:13:48 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/georgia/2004/02/10/ipi_concerned_about_pressure_faced/</guid>
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