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Georgia's rebel TV station loses property
Published: 25 January, 2008, 14:04
A court in Georgia has ordered the seizure of assets belonging to the Imedi TV company. Tbilisi’s City Court made the ruling on Friday, overturning a previous decision releasing the station's property. The TV channel is partly owned by the businessman Bad
It's not the first time authorities in Georgia have taken control of the opposition-leaning station. They stormed the building during anti-government rallies in November last year, taking it off the air completely.
A month later the station was allowed back on air.
The Georgian Prosecutor General’s Office had claimed Patarkatsishvili was using Imedi for criminal purposes.
The station’s management, however, declared in mid-December that Imedi would stop broadcasting in protest against the actions of the authorities accusing them of blackmailing and bribing their journalists.
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