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Davit Dvalishvili violated Charter's 10th principle
21.11.2018
Davit Dvalishvili violated Charter's 10th principle

The material was about the aforementioned material – suicide in village Natanebi. Argumentation was the same as in case of PHR application. Therefore, Council got one decision on both cases, violation of 10th principle.

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The facts of violence against media representatives and interference in professional activities must be promptly investigated
On March 8, 2023, Georgian media representatives suffered injuries
during the rally dispersal on Rustaveli Avenue. Dozens of
journalists and camerapersons were exposed to tear gas deployed by
the riot police to halt a protest. Disturbingly, there was a case
where a gas grenade exploded at the journalist’s feet. While
covering protests, the media representatives faced an assault and
obstruction of professional activities by law enforcement officers,
despite their knowledge about the professional duty of the
journalists.

Law enforcement agencies abused and obstructed the
following media representatives from their journalistic
activities:

• Netgazeti’s journalist, Mikheil Gvadzabia, was physically
assaulted by a special forces officer who kicked and knocked the
phone out of his hand after the journalist told him he was a member
of the press.

• The special forces, by using force, obstructed Publika’s
reporters, Aleksandre Keshelashvili and Basti Mgaloblishvili, from
their journalistic activities.

• The law enforcement officers attacked Formula TV’s journalist,
Tea Tetradze, and cameraman Nika Kokaia, interfering with their
professional activities.

• They physically assaulted Formula TV’s journalist and cameraman,
Giorgi Kvizhinadze and Davit Mania.

• Mediachecker’s editor, Giorgi Gogua, was also physically
assaulted by law enforcement officers. The violence stopped after
he explained that he was a press member.

• Formula TV’s journalist, Salome Chaduneli, was verbally insulted
and interfered with her professional activities.

• Formula TV’s journalist, Nika Sajaia, was physically
assaulted.

• Guria News’s journalist, Merab Tsaava, was hindered in his
professional journalistic activities.

(The list is renewable)

The Georgian Charter of Journalistic Ethics strongly condemns acts
of violence against journalists, gross violations of journalists’
rights, and interference in professional activities.

We call on the authorities to conduct an exhaustive and transparent
investigation to identify and hold responsible law enforcement
officials accountable for the offenses against media
representatives.

The Charter will always protect the rights of journalists and the
high standard of freedom of expression.
15.03.2023
Media Organizations consider the adoption of Russian law unacceptable
We, the media
organizations that have signed the statement, strongly oppose the
Russian bill initiated by the members of the Parliamentary
Majority.
We firmly believe
that this bill aims to suppress the critical voice and create an
environment where media and public organizations can no longer
uncover corruption, injustice, and poverty in the
country.
This was proved by
the outcomes of a similar law passed in Russia years ago - civil
and media organizations were closed and journalists became the
victims of persecution.
Adopting this bill
will cause insuperable harm to the EU accession process of Georgia,
which was clearly indicated in the statement of the High
Representative of the European Union on February 24.  Consequently, the submitted
legislative amendment hampers Georgia's development and closes a
window of opportunity.
We serve Georgian
society and express deep concern about the future of our country.
We are not going to work under this label. Accordingly, in case of
adopting the Russian law, we refuse to register as “Agents of
Foreign Influence.” It insults our professional dignity.
 

Tbilisi:



Netgazeti.ge

Publika
(publika.ge)

Indigo

Studia
Monitor

Queer.ge

Dev.ge

On.ge

Tabula

Civil
Georgia - civil.ge

MediaChecker

Project
64

Chaihana

Ufleba.ge

Association
of Investigative Journalists (ifacts.ge)

Media
Holding Commersant

OC
Media

Media
portal “Cactus,” cactus-media.ge

JamNews
(jam-news.net)

Online
edition “Sova”(sova.news)

RealPolitik
(realpolitika.ge)

“Mountain
Stories” - mtisambebi.ge

Georgian
News - sakartvelosambebi.ge

Journalism
Resource Center - JRC

Georgian
Alliance of Regional Broadcasters

Radio
Tbilisi

Mtavari
Arkhi

Accent
(accentnews.ge)

Media.ge

ClickMedia
- clickmedia.ge

FirstNews.ge



Shida
Kartli:



www.qartli.ge

Radio
Mozaika, mozaikanews.ge

TV Media
Monitoring
28.02.2023
The Georgian Charter of Journalistic Ethics suspended the membership of the Alliance of Independent Press Councils of Europe (AIPCE)
The Georgian Charter of
Journalistic Ethics suspended the membership of the Alliance of
Independent Press Councils of Europe (AIPCE). The reason for this
decision was that the Alliance did not support the request of the
Ukrainian Press Council to expel the Russian Press Council from the
Alliance. As a result, the Press Council of Ukraine left the
Alliance. 
Back in the spring, the
Press Council of Ukraine raised the issue of expelling the Russian
Press Council before the Alliance. This issue was the main topic of
discussion at the annual meeting of the Alliance of Independent
Press Councils of Europe. This year's meeting of the Alliance was
held on October 20-21 in Cyprus, and together with the press
councils of different countries, the Charter of Journalistic Ethics
of Georgia participated in it.
This request of Ukraine was
supported by several members of the Alliance, including the Charter
of Journalistic Ethics of Georgia, which considered that in light
of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, extreme restrictions on media
freedom, and large-scale propaganda, the Russian Press Council
could not fulfill its duty and, therefore, could not be a member of
the Alliance of Independent Press.
In our opinion, the debate
and voting on Ukraine's initiative were not democratic. Two-thirds
of the conference participants rejected a vote on whether the
Russian Press Council should leave the Alliance, and Russia
remained a member of the Alliance, although it was demoted to
associate membership. In protest, the Press Council of Ukraine left
AIPCE.
The Press Council of
Ukraine protest was considered fair by The Georgian Charter of
Journalistic Ethics and the ethics councils of 8 other countries
(Armenia, Moldova, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Estonia, Denmark, and
Ireland) and suspended the membership of the Alliance.
30.10.2022
NEWS
The facts of violence against media representatives and interference in professional activities must be promptly investigated
The facts of violence against media representatives and interference in professional activities must be promptly investigated
15.03.2023
Media Organizations consider the adoption of Russian law unacceptable
28.02.2023
The Georgian Charter of Journalistic Ethics suspended the membership of the Alliance of Independent Press Councils of Europe (AIPCE)
30.10.2022
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