breastpin. opposition. this small village of the foothills of the caucasus mountains it's saturday march

thirteenth two thousand and ten. comes home after a day's work at a vineyard and falls asleep in a room where his father is watching the evening news on the t.v. channel. i was sleeping on that sofa. when the program began my father was sitting here. watching from. i woke up because mother was screaming about the start of the war. and i saw father lying on the floor. i can't remember clearly what happened next somebody rushed to the neighbors to ask them for help. my father when they arrived he was already dead. the ambulance came just fifteen minutes after being called the cause of death according to doctors. induced by a programme on the t.v.

channel. involving georgian political analysts and journalists and eight pm viewers didn't see the usually scheduled. thirty minute program creating the impression that a war had broken out between russia and georgia the anchor woman on the talk show had announced that the program would be based on a fictional situation only a minute before it started so anybody who tuned into the program after that warning thought they were watching a regular news bulletins. few minutes president saakashvili is expected to make a special statement on the situation in the country know if it's going to be recorded all written that it's being reported that the russian troops deployed have been put on combat. descriptives something straight out of a. meanwhile opposition leader. to meet members of the russian government.

russian agents without mincing words according to the authors of the program. human history. of the building housing the television company. it's true the. changes to us why haven't they detained the people featured in the script up still saakashvili has to bear in mind that he must produce concrete facts about being otherwise he will demonstrate once again that she's a liar and irresponsible provocator got someone a. russian agent. for those who disagree with the policies of the georgian government that it's any. journalist. investigations.

came to power he was the kind of journalist asked questions regardless of who held the country's reins. it. could. discover real facts concerning the georgian. cap. of south the city this is interview with a set in human rights campaigner live at seven am she recounts events of august

seventh two thousand and eight nobody seen it besides himself but georgia state controlled media didn't need to watch it to declare it a provocation on august the seventh georgia's president mikheil saakashvili spoke of bring it to talks in any format. but he addressed the people of solve the sad. to say he had all that a unilateral ceasefire in the east he said he wouldn't yield to any provocations. and he assured us said they could go to bed in peace spots but it. was on the night of august the eight large caliber guns fired on scene vall from the georgian side. the military operation circus really referred to as the enforcement of constitutional order in the territory of self the set you had begun. yes i will

cop to face something really terrible at the end there was a deafening noise everything was shaking. and the women in the streets whois ninety minute crying. was as if we had launched into hell after the will cain explosion of. the independent journalist work in a city it was seen by many in georgia as a betrayal of his country. i know of no journalist who wouldn't want to go to the scene well to get the facts but all the state media summed up my work there as high treason nobody knows what sort of film it will be nobody knows what materials or how but the government's reaction is a kind of attempt at self defense. realizes that many facts exist. for them these are exposed by a discredited journalist as

a traitor. during this work on the film after his return from south. for an interview with european human rights activists in geneva. departure there he received hints to the effect that he'd better stay in geneva as long as his large family wanted to stay in georgia who. have problems after my return from so. i don't wish to talk about them because whatever i say may hinder the investigation . i can only say that there were. but i won't say what those threats are because they are humiliating. first investigations appeared on the television channel this channel played a key role in the rose revolution which brought president. to power. georgian people are not. independent.

truly independent media outlets. but out of the revolution in the them but two thousand and three. to the independent. we couldn't imagine a situation without independent. stovey to made its debut in one thousand nine hundred four as a small studio in a private apartment ten years later it was already a popular modern channel as soon as he came to power he tried to bring its editorial policy under his control. journalists were denied accreditation and there were telephone calls to the channel's executives there were also attempts to buy up stock through figureheads. the media mogul who founded to seed the channel to the president of his own accord. in two thousand and four when the state was taking its first steps it was assumed that the new system of government was

still weak. so it was thought the state should be the top priority and the rest would take care of itself. but as it turned out the aim was to take control of the channels and i'm to blame for giving away saying i didn't want to rock the boat but you need to become not only. that boat is still on an even keel but freedom of speech is not. really is the editor of a small district newspaper in the town of gori. it carries reports about corruption among members of the district administration one of their more high profile articles reveals instances of misuse of humanitarian aid to refugees. local authorities don't want to accept the existence of an independent newspaper even though it's circulation is a mere five hundred copies. it's not dropped into the building of the local administration yesterday i needed to fishel information on some remittance from gori to tbilisi the guards kick me downstairs and pushed me against the wall did

anyone see that yes indeed later i called the police why is it that i had fallen to the girl and some of the officials there said it served me right that's what they said in front of ordinary visitors. first met in two thousand and five when the authorities openly threaten a journalist for the first time someone who lives in a small village eight kilometers from border he goes to work by suburban train once he noticed that he was being fall. under mode they chased me in the streets for two days on the third day as i came down the staircase and surrounded me. one who was standing right in front of me it's me on my head i don't want another hit miss here i fell to the ground and covered my head with my. day. that's me again and again my face was covered with blood almost within my body was aching to give notice. despite the injuries somebody cited not to give up editorial

policy remained unchanged. culture is that so much different and there is a huge decision a bearing on. what is culture powerful than ideology today with the rise of emerging economies as the world problems more clashes. hungry for the full story we've got it first hand the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers. november two thousand and seven thousands of people hold daily rallies in tbilisi they protest against the policies of the georgian government and president mikheil saakashvili. on november seventh authorities used tear gas and water cannon against demonstrators. then independent t.v.

channel and maybe as closely followed events for the past week. journalists go on air with the latest reports from the most unexpected places i'm going to miss it just as you can see behind my back up the right now at this very moment the special forces troops head into the same trinity cathedral i'm going to assume this would be the last day of immunities independence special forces troops broke into a mini studios during a live broadcast. by closing the channels equal to all the government is violating the constitution this means that this is a dictatorship regime misnomers ish while we're here they are coming into the studio i want to say thank you i hear shouts in the control room over our employees will be injured or our guests. because of problems created by.

my friends and. decisions. together with drugs many of the journalists have left the channel some of them came back to the profession to the former music t.v. channel. for many years there were no politics on this channel just music videos. founded maestro in one thousand nine hundred four he would never have imagined that in fifteen years he'd be replacing d.j.'s with political commentators. have a very high standard. we should do something about. we wanted a new company to step into.

normally a license for so-called political broadcasting is issued within three weeks and they were denied it for nearly six months guests had no right to discuss anything besides films music theater. sound was provided by radio. people wishing to see our talk shows how to switch on the television radio sets at the same time. maestros ingenuity is the envy of other television stations. only available in some districts of tbilisi and on the internet its popularity in the country grows with each passing month this media people's attention with its smart in an orthodox techniques is. very difficult to live in one room twenty four hours a day. every move. very different. project

. he's confined to a small studio. and. ah

. in the. public defender. in that role he submitted many. being threatened. to the parliament. after they refused to extend.

for a time. gave up his journalism career and worked as an assistant public defender. but he couldn't stay away from his chosen profession for long. very close relationship. with materials for his investigations. were interesting. political scandals. one of. his most sensational films examines the mysterious death of former prime minister. george and he was such. was the person whose political influence kept limits on the

real power of president saakashvili. two thousand and five prime minister quite unexpectedly under. the georgian government said. it inconvenient and suspicious facts that question the official version saying he died of gas poisoning. the case is still relevant. questions about the. government has still failed to answer. in his film. collected and explained the many discrepancies in the case he set out the facts and ask questions without trying to draw conclusions. of the film's release. and continued his investigation.

the government had forced the journalist to flee the country. swiss authorities to grant him political asylum. says he was among those demonstrating in front of the swiss embassy in tbilisi in support of. holding is a very good illustration of the situation in the country now with the freedom of speech is being ousted from the country as the poster reads freedom of speech is. the independent media depends on advertising for survival if there's no advertising there's no revenue in this case of publication either each out its existence or shuts down altogether. advertisers are scared i mean local georgian advertisers and. they will always come under pressure from taxes. if they put up advertisements

in defiance of. tax inspectors book sales. and so on and so forth. the holding company to publish is the georgian times weekly. only because of other activities its top executives. was branded as a kremlin agent a long time ago for his attempts to establish a dialogue with the russian intellectual elite. organisation he set up is appropriately called the russo georgian commission for dialogue when he was on a visit to russia in two thousand and nine he attempted to invite several well known russian journalists to come to georgia. we didn't. we realize that but we would have to answer some very tough questions. to at least establish a direct woman in a night so i taught a log with georgian counterparts. to find some great truth.

of the three journalists invited by mouth. only one was allowed to cross the border maxime shift change and his colleague had to stay in the tbilisi airport an hour before their arrival president mikheil saakashvili had sent special forces to the airport with the aim of detaining the two journalists the troops cordoned off the building and took up positions outside the exit to passport control the conflict was resolved by relatively peaceful means the unwelcome journalists were denied visas and sent back to russia as fast as possible. but. i felt very deeply insulted people here know that a georgian holds guests in high esteem by never been so insulted by. the time will come when the people who. will be punished accordingly. the

second patriarch of georgia expected to meet with the three russian journalists in his residence on the day of their arrival but he saw only one of them during the meeting the patriarch made it clear that he sincerely regret it the incident. to give gifts. at the airport now. is a move the patriarch of the georgian church is very guarded in his statements he made no public comment on the incident at the airport but when he made showed the shocking program simulating a war between russia and georgia he hardly minced his words in expressing his frustration. we do not welcome such programs this is humiliating to individuals and the nation as a whole. country matches the. spread in georgia we take first place the. part of the army to join the enemy. this is an

insult to our army. there's tremendous guilt people. move through. the program should be made. property is controlled by. the many program is one of the signs of that. control intimidation or unemployment. case in point staying at a shelter for refugees in switzerland he's unable to complete his film about the georgian conflict. i'm worried not so much for my own sake as for my family georgian government has shown that they can kill.

his wife and children to receive visas enjoined from abroad he's warned them not to meet with journalists and to keep off the streets as much as possible he gets most of the news about his family and his country through close friends. tell me what you want to take care of your immigration problems. visit you in october. chances are i myself might come back before october if the government changes. the government. well yes why not it's. just telling is still working on the script of a new film nobody's seen it yet but he's already scared the georgian government back. as an investigative journalist he's confident that someday he will be able to finish his work. back home to his native country.

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with news from russia and around the world this is our to coming to you live from moscow where the city is again trotted in a dense choking smog it's the worst the city's experience as a prolonged heat wave fuels why. i don't fires across central wash let's get an update from our two stacy bivins who's in the moscow region hi there stacy now in the past few hours the thick acrid smoke has brought the worst smaug yet to the capital what's the situation. that afternoon to you when you think yeah this is the big is the smog has been since the fires have started and it's disrupting air travel to moscow airports. and been ok of a have diverted passengers on forty flights coming and so they're taking them either to share me out of the airport to the north of moscow.