Court | Law enforcement | სამართალდამცველი | სამართალდამცველი
Persecution based on professional grounds | Persecution based on professional grounds
Incident Type:
Legal incident→Detention/Arrest
Journalist Keta Tsitskishvili detaned for participating in protest
On Monday, October 20, journalist and TV presenter Keta Tsitskishvili from the TV company Formula was arrested. According to media reports, she is accused of blocking a road. A day earlier, on October 19, journalist Vakho Sanaia was arrested on the same charge and sentenced to five days in prison.
Otar Partskhaladze’s security guard prevented the TV Pirveli crew from working
On October 17, the security guards of the TV "Pirveli" did not allow the camera crew to move around the area surrounding the residential building of Otar Partskhaladze and interfered with their activities.
The director of the “Adjara Times” claims to have received a threatening message on social media.
On October 15, Sulkhan Meskhidze, the founder and director of "Adjara Times," published a post on social media, stating that he had received a threatening and insulting message. According to Meskhidze, the message concerned him and his family members.
Interference→Suspension of accreditation · Legal incident→Verbal warning
The Georgian Patriarchate has decided to ban TV Pirveli and Formula from broadcasting during church holidays
The Public Relations Department of the Georgian Patriarchate announced that on October 14, due to a violation of internal regulations, the film crews of the TV companies “TV Pirveli” and “Formula” will not be accredited for the upcoming church holidays.
Another Attack by “Georgian Dream” on “Batumelebi”/“Netgazeti” Founder Mzia Amaglobeli
On October 10, 2025, the Georgian Dream referred to the founder of “Batumelebi”/“Netgazeti”, the prisoner Mzia Amaglobeli, as a perpetrator and “executor of the tasks of the deep state”. This statement by the Georgian Dream followed the presentation of the IPI-IMS World Press Freedom Hero Award to Mzia Amaglobeli.
Tbilisi City Court Dismisses Former Moambe Host Vasil Ivanov-Chikovani’s Lawsuit
On October 10, 2025, Tbilisi City Court Judge Meia Melkadze dismissed the lawsuit of Vasil Ivanov-Chikovani, a former employee of the Public Broadcaster’s First Channel and host of the program “Moambe”.
Legal incident→Verbal warning · Suspension of media operations
Communications Commission begins enforcing new media regulations
On October 9, 2025, the Communications Commission issued a written warning to the television broadcasters “Formula” and “Formula Multimedia”, as well as the radio broadcasters “Journalists’ Union Khalkis Khma”, “Radio-TV Nori” and “Systema Gama” and ordered them to cease receiving funding from foreign powers for violating the Law of Georgia “On Broadcasting”.
Pro-government/Propaganda television station “POSTV”
Persecution for expressing critical position
Incident Type:
Verbal attack→Discrediting
The pro-government TV station POSTV continues to criticize independent media
On October 5, 2025, the propaganda television station POSTV, affiliated with the Georgian Dream, referred to the independent online media outlets Netgazeti, Publika, and Tabula, as well as TV Pirveli and Formula, as “propaganda media of the National Movement.” POSTV accused the aforementioned media outlets of concealing information about a police officer injured during a protest the previous day, October 4.
Pro-government/Propaganda television station “POSTV”
Persecution for expressing critical position
Incident Type:
Verbal attack→Discrediting
POSTV, a pro-government television channel, has called journalist Tea Adeishvili a “national propagandist”
On October 5, 2025, the propaganda television station POSTV referred to “TV Pirveli” journalist Tea Adeishvili as a “national propagandist.” “I am a descendant of Kakutsa Cholokashvili’s comrade-in-arms” – this phrase, mentioned by Tea Adeishvili during the election broadcast, has been placed on the POTSV card without context, and Tea Adeishvili’s regalia reads – “National propagandist Tea Adeishvili”.
