Georgia

On 1 August in Gori, campaigners organised a photo exhibition. The Georgia Campaign to Ban Landmines encouraged everyone to upload photos for the photo contest on the website www.forpeace.ge. The photo contest was named “Journalists of XXI century and was dedicated in memory of the three journalists who were killed during the Russian/Georgian war in 2008: Stan Storimans, Giga Chikhladze and Sasha Klimchuk. The exhibition included photos taken by the journalists during the war as well as photos of journalists, reporters, camera men and other media representatives doing their job during the time. From the photos that are uploaded on the website, 50 were selected and exhibited on 1 August. Prizes were given to those who have taken the most memorable pictures.

The events were accompanied with drumming to celebrate entry into force of the Convention on Cluster Munitions. The drumming ran according to a previously written play by a professional director. Two children’s national dancing ensembles danced alongside the professional drummers. Journalists, NGO leaders and family members of the killed journalists were invited to attend these events. People came from all over the country to attend the event, with a large number coming from Tbilisi. Representatives from both local and government were present, and the action received a great amount of television coverage.

A video of the performances can be viewed here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-xlpB2FbD0.

Ms. Maia Buchukuri, Georgia Campaign to Ban Landmines, maia.buchukuri@gmail.com

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