Jemal Gambashidze

Affiliated media: Guria News , Correspondent

Incident date: October 30, 2021

Attack type:

• Illegal impediments to journalistic activity, denial of access to information

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Guria News

Location: Georgia, Senaki, Samegrelo

Additional information:

The journalist of the Guria News website Jemal Gambashidze was illegally removed from the polling station №1 in Senaki (Samegrelo region), being accused of «provocation». The reason was that the journalist switched on the light on his cell phone to film a report – the electoral commission chairman said the light was prohibited.