According to the report of Freedom House, media in Georgia is partly free

According to the report of Freedom House, the international human rights organization, media in Georgia is partly free and is on the border of being not-free.

The authors of the report mention, that the difference between Georgia and its neighbours is that the media is not restricted there. “According to some reasons, media in Georgia is on the border of free and unfree. Georgia is different from its many neighbours that it kept TV broadcast, independent channels and also it has a wide area network of the international broadcast. Its neighbours make the international broadcast complicated. The situation in Georgia is disturbing, but it remains a state which presets itself better in this condition than the post-Soviet states, except the Baltic states”, - states Christopher Walker, co-author of the report about the condition of media and one of the instructors of Freedom House.
The report of Freedom House is prepared according to the data of 2008. According to the conclusion of them who prepared the report, masmedia is not free in 10 post-Soviet states from 12 post-Soviet states, except the Baltic states. According to the restriction of the freedom of masmedia, 3 post-Soviet states (Byelorussia, Uzbekistan and Turkmen) are among 10 countries where the situation is the worst.