TBILISI, April 21 (RIA Novosti) - Georgia's
"Objective" union of journalists plans on Tuesday to broadcast
"alternative news" from Tbilisi following claims that
state-controlled media was biased in its reporting.
Irma Inaishvili, the head of the union, said a mobile
television center will be set up on a square near the State
Chancellery building to broadcast directly to large screens
erected on streets across the country's capital.
She said that the "Objective" television studio had
recently had its broadcasting license revoked and "today our
place is on the streets."
The "free TV on the streets" project she said is aimed at
covering human rights violations in the country and will also
give ordinary people a chance to discuss recent developments.
Georgia's opposition has been holding virtual
round-the-clock protests to demand President Mikheil
Saakashvili step down since April 9. Currently protesters are
gathered at the State Chancellery building, where the offices
of the prime minister and other state ministers are located,
outside parliament, the presidential residence and state
television headquarters.
Saakashvili's opponents blame him for dragging the country
into a war with Russia over South Ossetia last August,
resulting in the permanent split from Georgia of the province,
along with another former republic, Abkhazia. He also faces
criticism for failure to carry out democratic reforms promised
after the 2003 "Rose Revolution" that brought him to power.
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