Nino Elikashvili

Affiliated media: TV channel Pirveli, Journalist

Incident date: June 30, 2021

Attack type:

• Non-fatal attack / beating / injury / torture

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: TV channel Pirveli

Location: Georgia, Tsintskaro, Samtskhe-Javakheti

Additional information:

The head of the administration of the Tsintskaro village and his uncle, Gocha Aprasidze, attacked the camera crew of the TV channel Pirveli, who was filming the story about the illegal occupation of land. The footage shows Gocha Aprasidze ripping the microphone out of the journalists' hands and hitting the camera several times. According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, two criminal cases were initiated under articles 126 (violence) and 154 (obstruction of journalists' work) as a result of the attack.