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The violent state arrest Tuesday of Georgian opposition leader Nika Melia prompts a message of alarm to the world publishing community from Tbilisi. Nika Melia, November 2017. Image: European People’s Party, CC-by-2.5 ‘The Threat We Are Facing’ In the aftermath of today’s (February 23) early-hours arrest of Georgian opposition leader Nika Melia, the Georgian Publishers and Booksellers Association and PEN Center Georgia have issued an urgent joint statement made available to Publishing Perspectives. “The current government of Georgia,” the statement reads, “has embarked on a path of dictatorial rule and after the usurpation of state institutions, began prosecuting and arresting its political opponents. ....