Georgia - Urgent need to guarantee public broadcaster's independence

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders urges the Georgian authorities to carry out badly needed reforms to ensure the independence of the country's public radio and TV broadcaster, GPB (Общественный вещатель Грузии). “The politically-motivated dismissals of recent weeks underline the urgency of the need to depoliticize the appointments of GPB's executives and guarantee the independence of the radio and TV stations it oversees,” Reporters Without Borders said. “We fervently hope that the proposed broadcasting law that was (...)

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