Georgia: Sentencing of pro-opposition media owner Nika Gvaramia a political motivated silencing of dissenting voice

By Amnesty International

Responding to the news that a court in Georgia has sentenced Nika Gvaramia, the owner and director of pro-opposition news channel Mtavari TV, to three-and-a-half years in prison for abusing his position and harming the financial interests of a television station he had previously ran, Marie Struthers, Amnesty International’s Director for Eastern Europe and Central […] The post Georgia: Sentencing of pro-opposition media owner Nika Gvaramia a political motivated silencing of dissenting voice appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>

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