Zurab Vardiashvili

Affiliated media: Publika , Director

Incident date: April 18, 2023

Attack type:

Court trial

Who attacked: Authorities

Location: Georgia, Tbilisi

Additional information:

The Tbilisi City Court fined the director of the media Publika Zurab Vardiashvili GEL 2,200 (USD 876). He was found guilty under two articles of the Code of Administrative Offences of Georgia, involving petty hooliganism and disobedience to the police. Vardiashvili was detained on March 2 at a rally against the adoption of the Law on Agents of Foreign Influence and was released a few hours later.

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