On March 30, 2025, Italian media outlet NurPhoto’s photojournalist Jérôme Chobeau was denied entry into Georgia.

This is not the first time journalists have been refused entry into Georgia:

• On February 12, 2025, journalist Clément Girardeau was denied entry at the Georgian border.
  
• On December 30, 2024, Belgian journalist Witse De Geest was not allowed to enter Georgia.
  
• On October 26, 2024, IFJGlobal journalist Stefan Goss was denied entry.
  
• On September 16, 2024, Belarusian journalist and activist Andrei Mialeshka was refused entry into Georgia.
  

The international press freedom organization Reporters Without Borders responded to these incidents, criticizing the decisions and stating that journalists are being punished for covering protest rallies.