NATO Secretary General's Special Representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia James Appathurai responds to the death of TV Pirveli cameraman Lekso Lashkarava.
"The death of Georgian journalist Alexander Lashkarava, after having been beaten by a mob earlier this week, is deeply disturbing for all friends of Georgia — including me. In a democracy, minorities are protected; the media is protected; free speech is protected. These are Euro-Atlantic values. No institution or organization is exempt from that responsibility," - Appathurai said in a statement.
