Ema Gogokhia - Justice for Journalists

Ema Gogokhia

Affiliated media: TV channel Mtavari Arkhi, Correspondent

Incident date: March 17, 2022

Attack type:

  • Non-fatal attack / beating / injury / torture

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: TV channel Formula

Location: Georgia, Zugdidi, Samegrelo region

Additional information:

The film crew of the TV channel Mtavari Arkhi was attacked. The incident took place near the office of the party Conservative Movement, founded by the pro-Russian platform Alt-info. Earlier, inscriptions in favor of Ukraine appeared on the wall of the party’s office. According to Mtavari Arkhi, employees of the Zugdidi City Hall arrived to remove the inscriptions. According to Ema Gogokhia, the journalist of the TV channel, during the filming of this process, about 4 cars stopped near the office, people got out of them and attacked the cameraman and the journalist. The film crew’s equipment was also damaged.

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