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Shalva Papuashvili. Photo via Parliament website
Freedom of the Press

Georgian speaker responds to OC Media with allegations of ‘skewed reporting’

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After OC Media reported that Georgia’s parliamentary speaker, Shalva Papuashvili, had contacted the organisation’s donors regarding their rejection of his pitch, the speaker has responded directly to the organisation, while the party chair has defended his actions. In a letter sent to OC Media on 13 September, published in full at the end of the text, Papuashvili accused the organisation of engaging in ‘skewed journalism’ and maintaining poor journalistic standards.

The Speaker of the Georgian Parliament, Shalva Papuashvili. Official photo.
Freedom of the Press

Speaker of Georgian parliament pressured OC Media’s donors after failure to place op-ed

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The speaker of the Georgian Parliament, Shalva Papuashvili, has taken his grievances directly to OC Media’s institutional donors in an apparent bid to influence or punish the outlet for declining to publish an opinion piece he had written. At least one international organisation that provides funding to OC Media confirmed that the speaker’s office wrote to them following the rejection.  In a letter to the donor seen by OC Media, the speaker’s office said that cooperation between the Georgian

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