It is considerable that the court hearings at the national level were accompanied by number of events that raised legitimate questions about the impartiality of the court and indicated the government’s interest in the final ruling. We believe that the interim measure should not be abolished until the ECtHRs final ruling in order to avoid the change of critical editorial policy of the station following the ownership changes of the company. The request of the government submitted to the Strasbourg court clearly points out that it is critical editorial policy of Rustavi 2 that concerns the government most. It should be noted that the interim measure made it possible to maintain the pluralistic media environment during the 2017 elections period.

Open Society Georgia Foundation (OSGF) 

International Society For Fair Elections And Democracy (ISFED) 

Institute of development of Freedom of information (IDFI)  

Media Development Foundation (MDF) 

Society and Banks 

Georgian Farmers’ Association 

Atlantic Council of Georgia 

Georgian Democracy Initiative (GDI) 

Georgian Reform Association (GRASS) 

Sapari 

Human Rights Center 

Center for Investigative Journalism and Advocacy 

Media Institute 

Research Center for Economic Policy New Economic School 

Kakheti Regional Development Foundation