06-12-2024
Georgia
Riot Police
Interference with professional duties | Persecution based on professional grounds
On December 5-6, two journalists had their work obstructed, and one journalist was physically assaulted
- On December 6, while covering a peaceful protest near the Parliament building in Tbilisi, the riot police illegally obstructed the journalistic work of journalists from online media outlet Publika – Natia Amiranashvili and Basti Mgaloblishvili. According to Publika, the journalists were filming the arrests of protesters when some officers tried to seize their phones.
- On December 6, While covering a protest near the Blue Gallery, Publika journalist Mindia Gabadze was physically attacked by an unknown individual. A video shows bystanders urging the police to detain the attacker, but the officers failed to take action. Gabadze sustained facial injuries and stated that he had informed the attacker he was a journalist, but the assault continued regardless. He had also been injured earlier, on November 29, while reporting on the dispersal of a peaceful protest.
06-12-2024
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Physical injury | Physical violence
Riot Police
Interference with professional duties | Persecution based on professional grounds
Georgia