Giorgi Mamniashvili - Justice for Journalists

Giorgi Mamniashvili

Affiliated media: Mtavari Arkhi, Journalist

Incident date: April 5, 2025

Attack type:

  • Non-fatal attack / beating / injury / torture

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Source: Civil.ge

Location: Georgia, Tbilisi

Additional information:

The leader of the political movement “United Neutral Georgia,” Vato Shakarashvili, and the film director and Georgian Dream propagandist Goga Khaindrava physically assaulted the journalist of the opposition TV channel “Mtavari TV,” Giorgi Mamniashvili. Mamniashvili claims the altercation occurred after he called Shakarashvili a “slave,” referring to a March 17 appeal by Shakarashvili’s organization that led to the freezing of bank accounts belonging to foundations supporting pro-European rally participants and socially vulnerable groups.

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