Editor-in-chief of Newspaper "Rcheuli" is being Threatened

Editor-in-chief of Newspaper "Rcheuli" is being Threatened

Adjara-based independent newspaper "Rcheuli" has been founded recently. The newspaper has been regularly published for one month only. 6 issues have been published so far, the editor-in-chief of that newspaper Maia Salukvadze says somebody tried to run her over with car three times.
 
According to Maia Salukvadze, due to the articles published in her newspaper she's being physically and morally pressured. Several days ago a car hit her in front of the newspaper's office, she got concussion of the brain. Later she held a briefing together with her colleague journalists; nongovernmental organizations and oppositional parties were also invited to the briefing.

The victim says she's being intentionally targeted: "It wasn't the first time I'm attacked. When the first issue of the paper was published a car moved in my direction, it almost hit me, somebody shouted from that car: " you've got a long tongue, if you don't behave you're gonna regret it". Salukvadze didn't remember the car's license plate, however, she says it was a black Mercedes.

The editor can't say who is threatening her. "I don't know exactly who's doing this, several people have called and threatened us already". Salukvadze believes that the pressure is coming from the local authorities. "They have threatened to close us down, but they won't scare us and make us change the way we work" she says.

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