Nato Gogelia

Affiliated media: TV Pirveli, Journalist

Incident date: March 15, 2023

Attack type:

• Damage to / seizure of property, vehicles, equipment, documents, journalistic materials, print media circulation

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Source: The Georgian Charter of Journalistic Ethics

Location: Georgia, Ozurgeti

Additional information:

Nato Gogelia, a journalist of the TV Pirveli, was attacked while performing his professional duty in the village of Bakhvi, in the district of Ozurgeti. Gogelia came to record an interview with Mamuka Andghuladze, who took down the European Union flag and gave it to his teammates to burn in front of the parliament building in Tbilisi during the rally held by the conservative movement - Alt-info, a violent group. According to the TV company, it was Mamuka Andghuladze who attacked the journalist and damaged the equipment.