News
Rustavi 2 TV Channel self-regulatory body has considered the
statements made regarding Jehovah’s
Witnesses by the anchor of the program Nanuka’s Show aired on 26
November, as a violation of the Code of
Conduct.
On March 13 a review of complaint filed by the Media
Development Foundation (MDF), the Georgian Democracy Initiative (GDI), the
Tolerance and Diversity Institute (TDI), and the Human Rights Education and
Monitoring Center (EMC) was held. TV Company’s self-regulatory body satisfied
the appeal and addressed to the producer and author of the program Nanuka
Zhorzholiani with a complaint letter.
The authors of the complaint believed that the program aired on 26 November contained
discriminatory expressions toward Jehovah’s Witnesses. In particular, the
statement of the anchor: "I am afraid of them [Jehovah’s Witnesses]… It is good
that you abandoned them’’ and the whole interview was disputable, which
violated 17.2, 21, 31, 32, 33 Articles of the Code of Conduct for
Broadcasters.