Georgia
OC Media’s Mariam Nikuradze fined again, reaching a total of more than $7,000
This is the fourth time that Nikuradze has been fined for allegedly blocking streets during a protest.
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OC Media co-director Mariam Nikuradze fined twice for ‘road blocking’ while covering rallies
This is not the first time a journalist has been fined for road blocking during ongoing protests.
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OC Media donates crowdfunding proceeds to local media as Trump’s aid cuts continue to hit
The GoFundMe campaign, supported by hundreds of individual donors, raised £2,900 ($3,700) in February.
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OC Media faces closure after Trump–Musk aid cuts hit $250,000 in funding
The cuts to NED followed the Trump administration’s dismantling of USAID, which also impacted OC Media.
Freedom of the Press
Georgian speaker responds to OC Media with allegations of ‘skewed reporting’
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.
Freedom of the Press
Speaker of Georgian parliament pressured OC Media’s donors after failure to place op-ed
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
