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In The Thick of It: Georgia
Photo: Nino Ozbetelashvili from Georgiaderivative work: Gnesener1900, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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The capital of Georgia, Tbilisi, has been the scene of weeks of violent protests following parliamentary elections that brought a pro-Russia party to power. Georgians continue to take to the street to fight for a future tied to Europe, not Russia, and have met a harsh response. Amnesty International is one of many NGOs to criticize the “Georgian government’s strategy to deploy the full machinery of the state to punish and suppress dissent.”
Join three reporters who have been on the ground in Tbilisi to learn more about the protests, the upcoming Presidential election there, and the challenges in covering this particular conflict.
Sophiko Megrilidze is a Senior Producer with the Tbilisi bureau of The Associated Press. She has covered the war in Chechnya; conflicts and political tension in Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan; the migrant crisis in Europe; the devastating earthquake in Van, Turkey; the Nord – Ost hostage crisis in Russia; and tensions in Ukraine.
Daro Sulakauri is a Georgia photojournalist. Using mixed media, her work chronicles the social and political issues in the Caucasus. She graduated from the International Center of Photography in New York, then returned to the Pankisi Gorge in Georgia to document refugees from the Chechen conflict. She won Magnum Photos’ Young Photographers in the Caucasus Award in 2009.
Will Cathcart is an American journalist, producer, and former media advisor to the president of Georgia, based in Tbilisi for 16 years. He has reported on conflicts across the region, including the war in Ukraine, for Foreign Policy, CNN, The Daily Beast, Literary Hub, and others, while also producing work for Anthony Bourdain and National Geographic.
Singeli Agnew, a documentary filmmaker and governor of the OPC, will moderate the discussion.
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