KAPANADZE v. GEORGIA

Published on 16 December 2024 FOURTH SECTIONApplication no. 12433/24Natia KAPANADZEagainst Georgialodged on 19 April 2024communicated on 28 November 2024SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASEThe application concerns, under Article 10 of the Convention, the applicant’s dismissal, on 19 April 2019, from her position as managing director of the Ajara TV, a public broadcaster in the Autonomous Republic of Ajara, Georgia (“the ARA”), after four out of five members of the channel’s Advisory Board (“the Advisory Board”) passed a motion of no confidence against her.Members of the Advisory Board were, at that time, selected by the ARA’s legislative body, the Supreme Council, with the ruling and opposition parties each nominating potential members. The proceedings to impeach the applicant from her post started on 10 April 2019, when two members of the Board, one who had been endorsed by the ruling Georgian Dr …