Barbare Mazvishvili

Affiliated media: TV channel Mtavari Arkhi, Correspondent

Incident date: July 30, 2020

Attack type:

Non-fatal attack / beating / injury / torture

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Location: Georgia, Tbilisi

Additional information:

While filming a courtroom news story, a journalist from the TV channel Mtavari Arkhi was attacked by relatives of the suspect who was being accused of rape. The journalist’s microphone was taken away and later returned.

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