Khatuna Samnidze

Affiliated media: Blogger, Chairman of the opposition Republican Party

Incident date: June 26, 2020

Attack type:

• Attacks via judicial or economic means

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Netgazeti.ge

Location: Georgia, Tbilisi

Additional information:

Khatuna Samnidze was summoned for interrogation by the Georgian State Security Service. She said that the reason was the comments she left under someone else's status on Facebook about the mortality rate from COVID-19. Samnidze believes that interrogation is linked with the pre-election period. In her opinion, the authorities are trying to spread fear among opposition-minded citizens, politicians and the media using the State Security Service.