Giga Gelkhviidze

Affiliated media: TV Media Center , Correspondent

Incident date: October 30, 2021

Attack type:

• Non-fatal attack / beating / injury / torture

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Report.ge

Location: Georgia, Kutaisi

Additional information:

The journalist of the TV Media Center Giga Gelkhviidze was beaten at the polling station in Kutaisi. According to him, the incident happened after he took the voter lists from the coordinators. «Voters' personal data was written down, as well as the money sums – how much should be given to whom. Supposedly, it's all supervised by members of the Georgian Dream. I took these lists from them, and they verbally and physically abused me», – said the journalist.