23 OCTOBER 2012 THE ASSOCIATION OF RUSSIAN LAWYERS EXPRESSES SOLIDARITY TO THE JOURNALISTS OF THE <<PIC>> TELEVISION CHANNEL

on the photo: Lawyer and human rights defender Evgeny Arkhipov

The Association of Russian Lawyers for Human Rights prepared a special video address to the Georgian authorities and the civil society of Georgia, in which expresses solidarity and support to the journalists of the <<PIC>> channel, closed in the first days of taking office of the new Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili, which is a clear illustration of the new government’s new policy to remove democracy institutes, tend to repressions, suppression of criticism of both Georgian and Russian authorities.
Lawyer and human rights defender Evgeny Arkhipov said that despite any pre-election political arrangements, beginning of the political developments in Georgia with the closure of the only independent Russian-language channel, unbiasedly covering the events in Russia, protests, opposition, in fact with the closure of the democracy institutes, violation of the right to freedom of speech and interference in the professional activities of journalists, is dangerous for any politician, as such actions only show immaturity of a politician, his inability to promote democracy and ultimately discredit a politician.
The Association of Russian Lawyers for Human Rights also addresses citizens of Georgia and hopes for maturity of the civil society, which will not allow the closure of the independent media and will respond to the first alarming collapse of the democracy in Georgia.
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