They signed a petition on restoration of justice and stop of the attack. The supporters of Rustavi 2 emphasize on political meddling of the issue, accusing the entire government. Freezing the channel’s assets should be an financial or ownership dispute between private entities; still it has political origins.
OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović said that excessive court measures against the Georgian television channel Rustavi 2 based on an ownership dispute may pose a threat to free media and media pluralism.Rustavi 2 was called to be an opposition tribune, and its story 2 is compared to the case of Imedi TV back in 2007, which played a considerable part in Georgia being refused MAP at the Bucharest Summit and the former ruling party paid a high price in the end.
