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Georgian broadcasters told to remove Zurabishvili attack ads

by OC Media

•4 min read

Georgia’s National Communications Commission (GNCC) has ordered broadcasters to stop airing three attack ads aimed at presidential candidate Salome Zurabishvili. The commission told broadcasters the adds, one of which calls Zurabishvili a traitor, violate Georgian legislation. On Tuesday, Tamta Muradashvili, a lawyer for opposition-leaning TV channel Rustavi 2, published a letter the station received from the commission on Facebook. The GNCC is the official body regulating broadcast and ele

Armenia

‘Censorship’ of queer films at Armenian festival sparks outrage

by OC Media

•2 min read

Armenia’s Golden Apricot International Film Festival has been criticised amid reports that they ‘censored queer movies’ and other films featuring controversial topics. According to queer rights group PINK Armenia, the festival was set to include, among others, two movies which discuss queer rights, but these were removed from the screening list. Listen to me: untold stories beyond hatred, a documentary, and Apricot groves, a fiction film, were scheduled to be screened under the ‘Armenians