1.0Committee to Protect Journalistshttps://cpj.orgCPJ Staffhttps://cpj.org/author/john/Attacks on the Press 2002: Georgia - Committee to Protect Journalistsrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="ixiuz5gAZj"><a href="https://cpj.org/2003/03/attacks-on-the-press-2002-georgia/">Attacks on the Press 2002: Georgia</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://cpj.org/2003/03/attacks-on-the-press-2002-georgia/embed/#?secret=ixiuz5gAZj" width="600" height="338" title="“Attacks on the Press 2002: Georgia” — Committee to Protect Journalists" data-secret="ixiuz5gAZj" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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While corruption and crime continued to overrun Georgia in 2002, some officials blamed the country's woes on excessive press freedom, even accusing the media of contributing to the February suicide of Security Council chief Nugzar Sadzhaya. Public figures readily chastised the press for exposing inadequacies in President Eduard Shevardnadze's government. Shevardnadze himself publicly lamented past…https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2003/03/caseIcon_harass-4.gif