Lika Zakashvili

Affiliated media: Publika, Co-founder, Editor

Incident date: September 3, 2025

Attack type:

• Non-fatal attack / beating / injury / torture

Who attacked: Non-authorities

Source: Publika

Location: Georgia, Tbilisi

Additional information:

A supporter of the ruling Georgian Dream party spat on Publika’s co-founder and editor, Lika Zakashvili, as she questioned him and other party supporters after the opening of mayoral candidate Kakha Kaladze’s election headquarters in Tbilisi. Just minutes earlier, another supporter had struck her while she was filming.