14.03.2018
The applicant, the head of Georgian Trade Unions Confederation
Irakli Petriashvili expressed concern over two video materials. One
was about a hunger strike of a worker against the Georgian
Railways. The second one was about elections in Georgian Trade
Unions Confederation. The materials included comments of the
Parliament members – Levan Gogichaishvili and Levan Koberidze who
accused Irakli Petriashvili of being politically affiliated. The
Council thought that Irakli Petriashvili was not given a chance to
respond to the accusations. Therefore, the Council concluded that
the journalists, Lika Alelishvili and Rati Khvistani did not
respect the public’s right to get balanced information containing
comments from both sides of the conflict and as such violated the
first principle, on accuracy. Only the applicant attended the
hearing. The journalists did not cooperate with the Charter.