Georgian newspaper appeals for support

Georgia's Gazeti Batumelebi newspaper has accused the country's security services of blackmail and pressure.

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Tuesday, 01.12.2009.

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Georgia's Gazeti Batumelebi newspaper has accused the country's security services of blackmail and pressure. In a letter to international press and human rights organizations, the newspaper's publisher, Mzia Amaglobeli, appeals for support to this independent media, and says the pressure against it is intended to "secretly interfere with the newspaper's editorial policy". Georgian newspaper appeals for support According to this, the head of the daily's investigative team, Tedo Jorbenadze, was subjected to attempted blackmail and intimidation by Georgia's "law enforcement bodies". The letter says that the officers demanded cooperation from the reporter, and, "using methods similar to those of the KGB", threatened they would otherwise publish allegedly compromising material of a sexual nature. After Jorbenadze refused to cooperate, they "insulted him and demanded that he not make the conversation public". Amaglobeli writes that he believes the paper and its staff could in the near future be subjected to violence "at the hands of the special services". You can read the entire letter here

Georgian newspaper appeals for support

According to this, the head of the daily's investigative team, Tedo Jorbenadze, was subjected to attempted blackmail and intimidation by Georgia's "law enforcement bodies".

The letter says that the officers demanded cooperation from the reporter, and, "using methods similar to those of the KGB", threatened they would otherwise publish allegedly compromising material of a sexual nature.

After Jorbenadze refused to cooperate, they "insulted him and demanded that he not make the conversation public".

Amaglobeli writes that he believes the paper and its staff could in the near future be subjected to violence "at the hands of the special services".

You can read the entire letter here

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