Adjara Public Broadcaster - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: Adjara Public Broadcaster, Journalists

Incident date: March 2, 2020

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Adjara Public Broadcaster

Location: Georgia, Batumi

Additional information:

According to the activists, one of the employees of the Adjara government press center «by mistake» posted a message in Facebook chat about the mobilization of pro-government «bots». According to the NGO «Alternative» activists, the bots are posting information on social networks against the journalists of Adjara Public Broadcaster fighting for their rights.

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