The “Georgian Dream” party calls the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) “the propaganda tool of the deep state” and warns of taking legal action in international courts. This response follows a published journalistic investigation suggesting that the “Georgian Dream” government has used WWI toxic compounds to disperse protests.
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This morning, the BBC published an article containing several absurd and false information, as well as accusations against the Georgian government. They assert that, allegedly, the Ministry of Internal Affairs used a “chemical substance” against violent protesters during illegal demonstrations.”
“Obviously, the so-called media, which turned into a propaganda tool of the „deep state”, have not presented any evidence to prove the serious accusations.”
Furthermore, all their assumptions are based on the opinions of specific individuals, including Doctor Chakhunashvili, who actively participates in illegal demonstrations, and his family member, his father, Giorgi Chakhunashvili, who took part in the process of “overthrowing the government” on October 4 and physically broke into the Presidential Palace’s yard. Additionally, the article mainly mentions interested parties - Gigauri, the accused Khasaia, the accused Shaishmelashvili, the convicted Bachiashvili, and other similar individuals,” the statement released by the Georgian Dream states.
The party explains that before publishing the BBC's journalistic investigation, they had “active communication” with the investigative journalists and set two conditions.
“Given that the aforementioned media outlet in question has recently been involved in numerous scandals, the spread of lies has been proven multiple times, and even the broadcaster's top management has changed as a result, we set only two conditions at the beginning of our response - to fully present our position and to offer evidence for each word we sent. At the same time, we demanded that, in accordance with high journalistic standards, all arguments in the article be based solely on evidence.
In return, we received a torrent of lies and serious accusations against the government, which, as we mentioned, are based on the stories of interested parties and clearly have no connection to reality.
It is well known that the BBC became embroiled in a scandal a few weeks ago when the so-called media released a crudely edited interview with US President Donald Trump, in which the context and content of the conversation were altered. The manipulation resulted in the resignation of the broadcaster's director-general and chief news officer. However, it was more of a concession to the US president than an admission of responsibility for the error.
The BBC has no moral or professional barriers to following dirty orders and spreading lies - this is clearly obvious from the article published today. The change in their management reminds us of the changes in several prime ministers in Britain over recent years, which did not bring about any real or superficial change in the country. As a result, one government controlled by the "deep state" was replaced by another.
Because the once authoritative media, which has now become a propaganda tool for informal governance, publicly spread false accusations against the Georgian government without citing a single piece of evidence to support these claims; because the so-called "journalistic investigation" built on lies mainly relies on criminals' stories and has nothing to do with reality; because the BBC received comprehensive answers to all questions but published not even 1% of the substantiated responses in the article, and because this dirty propagandistic material aims to tarnish the Georgian government, the Georgian police, and most importantly, the Georgian statehood.
"We have decided to start a legal dispute against the fake media in international courts. We will use all available legal means to hold the so-called media accountable for spreading false and damaging accusations," Georgian Dream states, publishing the responses sent to the BBC before the article's publication.
The BBC spoke to chemical weapons experts, representatives of the Georgian police special forces unit, and doctors, gathering evidence that points to the use of Bromobenzyl Cyanide, so-called “camite”, against protest participants in November-December 2024.
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BBC investigation: WWI–Era Chemical Weapons Used to Disperse Tbilisi Protests
