06.03.2018
The video material was about protest of people living on Kipshidze
Street #14 in Tbilisi. One group of residents was opposing
construction of a building. They believed that the construction
permit was given based on a falsified document. One of the
protesters blamed Lali Sakvarelidze, the applicant, who works in
the Tbilisi Public Hall, in issuing the permit based on the
falsified document. The video did not contain Lali Sakvarelidze’s
comment. According to her, she was not even contacted by the
journalists. Therefore, the Council concluded that the journalist
did not respect the public’s right to receive accurate information
containing comments from both sides of the conflict and as such
violated the first principle. Only the applicant attended the
hearing. The TV company did not provide the Charter name of the
person responsible for the video.