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Georgia has accused the British state broadcaster of baseless allegations in a recent article on the 2024 riots in the country<\/strong><\/p>\n

Georgia has announced that it is suing the BBC \u201cfor spreading dirty, false accusations,\u201d<\/em> after the British state broadcaster alleged that the government in Tbilisi used chemical weapons against protesters last year.<\/p>\n

The South Caucasus nation was rocked by violent pro-EU demonstrations in late 2024, which broke out after the government temporarily froze integration talks with the bloc, accusing it of weaponizing Tbilisi\u2019s accession bid for political leverage.<\/p>\n

In an article on Monday, the BBC claimed that the Georgian authorities used WWI-era chemical weapons during the protests \u2013 an allegation which the ruling Georgian Dream party said was based on \u201cabsurd and false information.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

According to the BBC investigation, authorities used an outdated riot-control agent mixed into the water fired from water cannons to disperse protesters.<\/p>\n

Tbilisi said the broadcaster provided no evidence to substantiate its claims.<\/p>\n

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Despite approaching the BBC for an explanation and giving exhaustive answers to its questions, the Georgian government\u00a0\u201creceived a cornucopia of lies\u201d<\/em> and \u201cserious accusations\u201d<\/em> in response, it said.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe have decided to start a legal dispute against the false media in international courts. We will use all possible legal means to hold the so-called media that spread lies accountable for spreading dirty, false accusations.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Georgian Dream claimed that the BBC\u00a0\u201chas no moral or professional inhibitions about carrying out dirty orders and spreading lies,\u201d<\/em> and referred to recent scandals which have damaged the broadcaster\u2019s credibility.<\/p>\n

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BBC \u2018determined to fight\u2019 billion-dollar Trump defamation suit \u2013 media<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Earlier this month, several top-level staff resigned<\/a> after it emerged that the BBC had aired a documentary in 2024 that spliced together two parts of Donald Trump\u2019s January 6, 2021, speech at the US Capitol in a way that it admitted falsely gave the \u201cimpression of a direct call for violent action.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Trump has accused the broadcaster of meddling in US elections with the controversial 2024 documentary, and threatened to sue for \u201canywhere between $1 to $5 billion.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

The BBC is losing more than \u00a31 billion ($1.3 billion) a year in mass cancellations and fee evasion, according<\/a> to a recent UK parliamentary report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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