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CPJ Insider: July 2023 edition

CPJ travels to Poland and Georgia to meet with exiled journalists and demand release of Nika Gvaramia ahead of pardon 

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CPJ’s Emergencies team was on the ground in Warsaw, Poland, and Tbilisi, Georgia, in June meeting with exiled journalists and calling for the immediate release of journalist Nika Gvaramia, the only Georgian journalist on CPJ’s prison census. CPJ recently announced Gvaramia as an awardee for this year’s International Press Freedom Awards, and he was granted a presidential pardon days after CPJ’s visit. Learn more »

CPJ held a press conference outside the prison where Georgian journalist Nika Gvaramia was held. CPJ staff (Deputy Emergencies Director Kerry Paterson, second from left, Emergencies Director Lucy Westcott, third from left) were joined by one of his lawyers, Tamta Muradashvili (left), and his wife, Sofia Liluashvili (right). (CPJ)