Affiliated media: Rustavi 2, TV channel

Incident date: October 16, 2018

Attack type:

• Defamation, spreading libel about a media worker or media outlet

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: civil.ge

Location: Georgia, Tbilisi

Additional information:

Parliament Speaker Irakli Kobakhidze, who has emerged as the leading campaigner for the ruling party-endorsed presidential candidate, Salome Zourabichvili, slammed the opposition United National Movement for carrying out a “brainwashing, propaganda campaign.”