Georgia improves its media freedom
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French-based, international non-profit organisation Reporters without Borders (RWB) has released its annual 2016 World Press Freedom Index which revealed Georgia has progressed in terms of media freedom and transparency in recent years.
In the 2016 survey Georgia ranked 64th out of 180 foreign nations, while Georgia’s position in the same report in 2015 was 69.
RWB, which also had consultant status at the United Nations (UN) said "the reforms of recent years have brought improvements to Georgia’s media landscape: media ownership transparency, satellite TV pluralism and an overhaul of the broadcasting regulatory authority.”
The report also highlighted violence against journalists was less frequent although threats were often reported.
The organisation stated despite the progress made, media owners often called the shots on editorial content, and the war for ownership of the main TV channels was a source of concern.
The Index was based on an evaluation of media freedom that measured pluralism, media independence, the quality of the legal framework and the safety of journalists in 180 countries.
Three north European countries - Finland, Netherlands and Norway - topped this year's rating while Turkmenistan, North Korea and Eritrea occupied bottom positions of the list.
See the survey here.
Freedom of the press in Georgia is improving, according to a report by international organisation Reporters without Borders.
Georgia has been named as one of Eurasia’s brightest stars by independent watchdog organization Freedom House.
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International, non-profit organisation Reporters Without Borders, which promotes and defends freedom of information and the press, has upgraded Georgia’s freedom of press index by three points.
Georgia comes in 60th of 180 countries in the 2019 World Press Freedom Index by the international, non-profit organisation Reporters Without Borders, which promotes and defends the freedom of information and the press.
OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Harlem Desir says that he is concerned by recent developments in Adjara TV and Radio Public Broadcaster of Georgia, a state-funded media outlet in the autonomous region of Adjara in western Georgia, and about ‘reported management interference’ in the channel’s editorial policy.
The Communications Commission, a regulatory body in the broadcasting and electronic communications field, has dismissed allegations that the government’s proposed changes to the law on electronic communications are a threat to media freedom.