Giorgi Kikabidze

Affiliated media: Formula TV, Journalist

Incident date: May 12, 2023

Attack type:

• Illegal impediments to journalistic activity, denial of access to information

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Formula TV

Location: Georgia, Tbilisi

Additional information:

Georgian parliament halted accreditation for Giorgi Kikabidze and Formula TV camera operator after MP Irakli Zarkua didn't like their question about Russian President Vladimir Putin. The new "rules of conduct" which the Speaker of Parliament issued at the end of 2022 allows halting accreditation for three months and then for six months in similar cases.