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Journalists’ Safety in Georgia

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  • 03.11.2025
  • Tbilisi
  • Law enforcement
  • Interference with professional duties | Persecution based on professional grounds
Incident Type:
Detention/Arrest Legal incident

“MediaChecker” journalist Ninia Kakabadze was arrested while covering a protest rally

On November 3, 2025, the police arrested Ninia Kakabadze, a journalist for the Media Platform "Media Checker" of the Georgian Charter of Journalistic Ethics. That day, the journalist was at the rally with a press identification badge; she was performing her professional duties. Ninia Kakabadze was arrested while returning home. She was taken to the building of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Tbilisi. The journalist recounts that for a long time, she was not allowed to call her minor child. The journalist was released a few hours after the arrest. Ninia Kakabadze is accused of artificially blocking the road. The Tbilisi City Court started deliberation on her case on November 4, but postponed the hearing until November 12.
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  • 02.11.2025
  • Tbilisi
  • An official
  • Persecution for expressing critical position
Incident Type:
Intimidation/Threats Verbal attack

A member of the supervisory board of a state company and a relative of a businessman close to “Georgian Dream” threatened a “TV Pirveli” journalist once again

On November 2, 2025, Tea Gabadadze, a member of the supervisory board of the state corporation "Sakrusenergo" and a relative of a businessman close to "Georgian Dream," threatened journalist Vika Bukia, the host of "TV Pirveli's" author's program, with physical violence on social media. Gabadadze's threat followed a photo posted by Vika Bukia on social media with a sarcastic caption, featuring members of "Georgian Dream" and their supporters, including Gabadadze. "I will cut your fingers with secateurs," Gabadadze wrote to the journalist, and subsequently repeated the threat of physical violence against the journalist multiple times in the comments.
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  • 31.10.2025
  • Tbilisi
  • Georgian Dream Party
  • Persecution based on professional grounds
Incident Type:
Verbal attack Verbal insult

A Georgian Dream representative verbally attacked journalists from TV Pirveli and Formula

On October 31, Georgian Dream representative from Tbilisi City Council, Otar Chrdileli, verbally abused journalists from TV companies “Formula” and “Pirveli”.
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  • 25.10.2025
  • Tbilisi
  • Court | Law enforcement | სამართალდამცველი
  • Persecution based on professional grounds | Persecution based on professional grounds
Incident Type:
Detention/Arrest Legal incident

Another employee of TV “Formula,” Nika Pataraia was arrested

On October 25, 2025, TV company “Formula’s” cameraman Nika Pataraia was detained. The court sentenced Pataraia to 4 days of administrative detention for blocking the road.
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  • 25.10.2025
  • Tbilisi
  • The Georgian Public Broadcaster
  • Persecution for expressing critical position
Incident Type:
Disciplinary action Labour rights

The Georgian Public Broadcaster has imposed a disciplinary sanction on Kakha Melikidze for the second time

On October 25, Kakha Melikidze, the director of the on-air equipment and technology group at the Public Broadcaster, wrote on social media that he had received another warning from the channel and would be fined 30% of his November salary.
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  • 25.10.2025
  • Tbilisi
  • Georgian Dream Party
  • Persecution for expressing critical position | Persecution for expressing critical position
Incident Type:
Discrediting Verbal attack

Another attempt by the Speaker of Parliament to discredit Netgazeti

On October 25, the Speaker of Parliament, Shalva Papuashvili, once again tried to discredit Netgazeti. In a post published on his social media account, Shalva Papuashvili referred to Netgazeti as “a propaganda media outlet supporting terrorists.”
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  • 24.10.2025
  • Tbilisi
  • Court | Law enforcement | სამართალდამცველი
  • Persecution based on professional grounds | Persecution based on professional grounds
Incident Type:
Detention/Arrest Legal incident

Journalist Basti Mgaloblishvili from the online outlet Publika was arrested but released a few hours later

On October 24, Publika journalist Basti Mgaloblishvili was arrested and released a few hours later. According to Publika, Mgaloblishvili was told that he had been “mistaken for someone else” and was then released.
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  • 24.10.2025
  • Tbilisi
  • Court | Law enforcement
  • Persecution for expressing critical position
Incident Type:
Detention/Arrest Legal incident

TV Formula founder and director Giorgi Liponava arrested for participating in a protest

On October 24, 2025, the founder and director of TV Formula, Giorgi Liponava, was arrested for participating in a protest. He was sentenced to three days of administrative detention.
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  • 24.10.2025
  • Tbilisi
  • Court | Law enforcement
  • Persecution for expressing critical position
Incident Type:
Detention/Arrest Legal incident

Writer and host of one of TV Formula’s programs, Zviad Kvaratskhelia, was arrested for participating in a protest

On October 24, 2025, Zviad Kvaratskhelia, a writer, publisher, and editor-in-chief of Intellect, was arrested for participating in a protest. The court sentenced him to three days of administrative detention.
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  • 22.10.2025
  • Tbilisi
  • Court | Law enforcement | სამართალდამცველი
  • Persecution for expressing critical position
Incident Type:
Detention/Arrest Legal incident

Journalist Lika Basilaia-Shavgulidze, a member of the Board of Trustees of the Georgian Public Broadcaster, was arrested for participating in a protest

On October 22, 2025, Lika Basialia-Shavgulidze, a member of the Georgian Public Broadcaster Supervisory Board, was arrested at a protest. Footage shows the journalist standing on the sidewalk, addressing the police. She was neither wearing a mask nor blocking the road.
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