Mamuka Andguladze is the chairperson of the Media Advocacy Coalition and at the same time the founder of Center for Media, Information and Social Research in Estonia.. In 2017-2022 Mamuka Adguladze was the media program manager at Transparency International Georgia. In 2015-2017, he worked as a program manager for the Council of Europe, where he coordinated several local and regional projects on issues such as media freedom, internet governance, data protection, self-regulation, etc. In 2016, with the participation of representatives of the media self-regulatory bodies of the Eastern Partnership countries and the Russian Federation, he contributed to the creation of a regional commission on propaganda issues. In 2016, he co-authored a Freedom House report on the state of press freedom in Georgia. Mamuka Andguladze is the author/co-author of a number of reports, blogs and statements on topics such as media freedom, journalistic rights, advertising market, etc. He is also a professor at Caucasus University and an invited lecturer at Tbilisi State University (TSU) and Georgian Institute of Public Affairs (GIPA). Mamuka holds a PhD in media law from Saarland University (Germany).
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Münsterplatz
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Festival ticket required
With Irma Dimitradze, Mamuka Andghuladze and Mariam Nikuradze
<p>In just six months, Georgia’s press faces attacks, repression, and political jailing. This panel dives into how independent media resists and fights for press freedom against the odds.</p>