Journalists covering opposition to Georgian law receive threats voanews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from voanews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Georgian President Pardons Country s Only Jailed Journalist voanews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from voanews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Greeted by cheering crowds and surrounded by journalists, including from his own station, one of Georgia’s most prominent journalists walked out of prison Thursday hours after being granted a presidential pardon. President Salome Zurabishvili announced Thursday evening that she had pardoned journalist Nika Gvaramia, founder of pro-opposition broadcaster Mtavari Arkhi. Gvaramia, who also is a…
Nearly one year into a 3½-year prison term, Georgian journalist Nika Gvaramia says he's doing OK. "I'm good. I met all this very prepared," he told VOA from a prison in Rustavi, Georgia, through written messages shared with VOA via his lawyer. "I knew it was going to happen and I knew I would have…