Tbilisi. The Georgian Charter of Journalistic Ethics calls on the information means to immediately stop disseminating the video materials, which secretly depict the private lives of the sexual minority representatives. These materials were handed over to the media outlets on January 14 by the Chief Prosecutor's Office.

The Council of the Charter of Journalistic Ethics reminds to media representatives Article 7 of the Charter, pursuant to which "journalists should be aware of the threat of fostering the discrimination by media; therefore, s/he should undertake all efforts to avoid the discrimination of any person due to the race, sex, sexual orientation, language, religion, political and other beliefs, ethnic or social origin or any other grounds."

In addition, the Council of the Charter of Journalistic Ethics addresses the Chief Prosecutor's Office of Georgia to pay more attention to publicizing of secretly recorded materials, especially if the video materials contain information on the private life of individuals.

Source:media.ge