On July 12, 2025, TV company “TV Pirveli” aired a journalistic investigation that concerned police officers whom “Georgian Dream” allegedly uses against prisoners of conscience and the benefits these police officers receive in return. The story covered police officer Bidzina Zhamerashvili, whose father, according to the investigation, had been arrested on theft charges.

To verify the facts, the journalist went to the Asureti division of the Tetritskaro district administration and asked for a comment from the division head, Koba Sutiashvili. The story shows that the division head expelled the camera operator from the office and locked journalist Tamta Dolenjashvili in the office, then tried to seize her mobile phone and microphone. According to Tamta Dolenjashvili’s statement: “He expelled my operator, Papuna Khachidze, from the office, locked me inside, took away my mobile phone and was trying to seize the microphone as well. Later he also expelled Papuna from the building.”