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The government uses violence to destroy free media Currency Icon

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04 / 11 / 2024

We, online media organizations operating in Georgia, unanimously and strongly condemn the torture, violence, harassment, and intimidation committed against journalists.

In recent days, targeted attacks have been carried out on representatives of television stations and online media.

Several of our colleagues were brutally beaten and arrested while performing their journalistic duties, and some were subjected to extreme forms of violence that qualify as torture.

The attacks were mainly organized by formal police forces, but we have seen cases where the police have watched with brazen inaction as violence against journalists by informal mob groups.

The government is using violence to destroy free media.

We express our solidarity with all our colleagues who have been abused and those who, despite the conditions created, continue to work largely unprotected, at the risk of their personal health and safety.

We call on all state and non-state institutions, local and international communities, to contribute to the protection of media freedom and help us bring perpetrators to justice.

Signatory media: 

  • On.ge
  • Publika.ge
  • Media April
  • Chai Khana Media
  • Entrepreneur Georgia
  • Tabula
  • knews.ge Voice of Kakheti
  • South Gate
  • Radio “Marneuli”
  • EPN.ge
  • Broadcaster
  • Project 64
  • OC Media
  • Investigative Media Lab (IML)
  • "Here's the fact"
  • Accent
  • bm.ge
  • Leak detector
  • Civil.ge
  • Online newspaper Metronome.ge
  • JAMnews

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