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MEDIA
2010-12-31
Erosi Kitsmarishvili: “I Am Surprised and Disappointed by Bekauri’s Accusations”
Political secretary of the Georgian Party Erosi
Kitsmarishvili said he was surprised with the “strange” statements of
the director general of the TV-Company “Maestro” Kakha Bekauri. He
blamed Kitsmarishvili in the oppression on him to change editorial
policy of the TV-Company.
2010-12-29
“I Will Hang Up the Journalist In Tetritsklebi Forest”
Commissary of the Telavi district administration in
Tetritsklebi village Giorgi Tsiklauri insulted the correspondent of the
Kakheti News Center Natia Danelishvli and threatened her with death.
2010-12-27
Governmental Officials Oriented on PR-Campaign
After the armed conflict in August the district administrations in Shida Kartli region spent huge funds on their PR campaign in media-outlets. The Human Rights Center already wrote that the PR campaign was the priority of the local authorities in Shida Kartlu region and they mostly wasted budget funds on it:
http://www.humanrights.ge/index.php?a=main&pid=7205&lang=eng
2010-12-24
In accordance to the Law on Broadcasting, news programs
and public-political programs shall not be sponsored. The law also
prohibits placement of commercial advertisements in the news programs
which last less than 30 minutes. According to the same law,
administrative institution cannot sponsor the program. Kakheti region
based local TV-stations and self-governmental institutions breach the
law.
2010-12-23
Maestro TV has stopped broadcasting.
2010-12-20
Journalists Quit presa.ge
Journalists quit the internet portal pressa.ge. The reason of quitting was named to be the assignment of the former journalist of Real TV Giorgi Kapanadze to the post of a director, according to the press conference held on December 20th.
2010-12-15
Radio “Liberty”: Russian Magazine Is Misrepresenting WikiLeaks Cables
Just like their peers around the world, Russian
journalists have been writing extensively about the revelations
contained in the secret U.S. diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks,
Europe Bureau of the Radio “Liberty” wrote.
2010-12-15
“Mind Your Behavior Not To Hurt Yourself”
Kakha Mikaia, the member of the political council of Georgian Party openly argued with the journalist Jaba Khubua on live broadcasting of the radio Palitra. The journalist left yesterday’s program of Resume as a form of protest. Gia Gachechiladze states that he will cut his neck on live TV. Jaba Khubua calls the members of Ethics Charter of Journalists the police supervisors.
2010-12-10
The Ghosts of Abkhazia
I slept badly in the Hotel Ritsa in Abkhazia. I had an
unsettling dream in which I walked through an old house with an elderly
Stalin, muttering malevolently to himself. In the morning, wondering
who had disturbed my sleep, I had a long list of suspects from the
other world.
2010-12-09
Soso Tsiskarishvili: “The introduction of the Georgian Army in Tskhinvali was aimed at causing Russian aggression”
The 2008 Russian-Georgian armed conflict is still a very
urgent topic for the world media. Several scandalous pieces of
information were published on the website WikiLeaks which was
immediately grabbed by journalists and reporters of various leading
publications. American and European analysts criticize the incorrect
politics of Georgia with regard to the separatist regions in 2005-2008.
2010-12-08
Telavi Cable TV Switched Off Channel II
2010-12-03
How the “Caucasus” Was Sold Out?
The founder of the
Caucasus Online abandoned the country. Every door that was closed for
Mamia Sanadiradze has been opened for the new owner of the company.
2010-11-29
Tbilisi Protest Rally in Georgian TV News
2010-11-17
Public Defender Requests Investigation of the Oppression Fact on Telavi TV-Company Director
2010-11-17
Internet Control in Georgia
The private e-mails, chats, open and closed conversations in internet
will be accessible for investigative structures according to the new
law amendment.
OTHER NEWS
Chairman of Parliament Talked About the Activities Security Members
Ministry of Internal Affairs Is Going To Buy Supervisory Videos Carrying On Bodies
Instances of pressure exerted on individuals detained on the Case of the Ministry of Agriculture need to be investigated
Trial on Former Head of Kakheti CSD Laliashvili
Cars of Eco-Migrants from Tsalka Fined
Archive
BLOG
Historic Review of Georgian Political Advertisement
In 2005, American researchers estimated that political advertisements on TV have short (two-week) impact on voters. But the result is so rapid andDetailed...
Pre-election Advertisement Promises
Quality and Purpose of Political Advertisements
EDITORIAL
Human Rights Center to Monitor Trials on Former Senior Governmental Officials
How the detention process of former senior officials is going on; whether political motivation is detected in it and will the new initiativeDetailed...
As a result of international oppression, State Audit Office and National Bureau of Enforcement postponed the repressions
The August war- who is guilty?
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