Georgia has accused the British state broadcaster of baseless allegations in a recent article on the 2024 riots in the country<\/p>\n
Georgia has announced that it is suing the BBC \u201cfor spreading dirty, false accusations,\u201d after the British state broadcaster alleged that the government in Tbilisi used chemical weapons against protesters last year.
\nThe South Caucasus nation was rocked by violent pro-EU demonstrations in late 2024, which broke out after the government temporarily froze integration talks with the bloc, accusing it of weaponizing Tbilisi\u2019s accession bid for political leverage.
\nIn an article on Monday, the BBC claimed that the Georgian authorities used WWI-era chemical weapons during the protests \u2013 an allegation which the ruling Georgian Dream party said was based on \u201cabsurd and false information.\u201d
\nAccording to the BBC investigation, authorities used an outdated riot-control agent mixed into the water fired from water cannons to disperse protesters.
\nTbilisi said the broadcaster provided no evidence to substantiate its claims.<\/p>\n
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Despite approaching the BBC for an explanation and giving exhaustive answers to its questions, the Georgian government\u00a0\u201creceived a cornucopia of lies\u201d and \u201cserious accusations\u201d in response, it said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have decided to start a legal dispute against the false media in international courts. We will use all possible legal means to hold the so-called media that spread lies accountable for spreading dirty, false accusations.\u201d<\/p>\n
Georgian Dream claimed that the BBC\u00a0\u201chas no moral or professional inhibitions about carrying out dirty orders and spreading lies,\u201d and referred to recent scandals which have damaged the broadcaster\u2019s credibility.<\/p>\n
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Earlier this month, several top-level staff resigned after it emerged that the BBC had aired a documentary in 2024 that spliced together two parts of Donald Trump\u2019s January 6, 2021, speech at the US Capitol in a way that it admitted falsely gave the \u201cimpression of a direct call for violent action.\u201d
\nTrump has accused the broadcaster of meddling in US elections with the controversial 2024 documentary, and threatened to sue for \u201canywhere between $1 to $5 billion.\u201d
\nThe BBC is losing more than \u00a31 billion ($1.3 billion) a year in mass cancellations and fee evasion, according to a recent UK parliamentary report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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