Giga Agdgomelashvili
Affiliated media: Formula TV , Camera operator
Incident date: April 3, 2023
Attack type:
- Illegal impediments to journalistic activity, denial of access to information
Who attacked: Authorities
Source: Safety of journalists platform
Location: Georgia, Tbilisi
Additional information:
Between 3 and 6 April 2023, the Parliament of Georgia suspended the accreditation of three reporters and three camera operators from the broadcasters Formula TV, Mtavari Arkhi, and TV Pirveli, citing new regulations prohibiting journalists from interviewing MPs without consent. The Formula TV reporter Sofio Gozalishvili and camera operator Giga Agdgomelashvili, the Mtavari Arkhi reporter Tatia Tsotsanava and camera operator Zuka Chkhvirkia, and the TV Pirveli reporter Rusudan Dumbadze and camera operator Irakli Murmanshvili had their accreditation suspended for one month.