Freedom House Describes Georgian Media as Partly Free

In its annual survey Freedom House, the U.S.-based non-profit organization, says that Georgia has partly free media.

“Of the former Soviet Union and Soviet bloc countries that remain outside the expanded European Union, none are Free, 3 are Partly Free, and 11 are Not Free,” the survey reads

“Other than Georgia, the situation for the press in Central Asia and the Caucasus remained deeply troubled.”

However, according to the survey the limited space for freedom “diminishes rapidly outside the capital Tbilisi.”

“Private media [in Georgia] have demonstrated market dependence on powerful economic or political interests,” the Freedom House survey reads.