Giorgi Kvizhinadze

Affiliated media: Formula TV , Journalist

Incident date: July 6, 2023

Attack type:

Non-fatal attack / beating / injury / torture

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Location: Georgia, Sagarejo

Additional information:

United National Movement (UNM) leader Levan Khabeishvili, was meeting party members and pensioners. Supporters of the ruling Georgian Dream party verbally and physically assaulted and stoned UNM members and journalists. Stones hit the journalists of the TV Mtavari and Formula: Giorgi Kvizhinadze (journalist, Formula TV), Ia Guliashvili (journalist, Mtavari TV) and Levan Dvali (cameraman, Mtavari TV).

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