Mikheil Gvadzabia - Justice for Journalists

Mikheil Gvadzabia

Affiliated media: Netgazeti.ge, Photo correspondent

Incident date: February 23, 2021

Attack type:

  • Damage to / seizure of property, vehicles, equipment, documents, journalistic materials, print media circulation

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Netgazeti.ge

Location: Georgia, Tbilisi

Additional information:

During the assault of the headquarters of the opposition United National Movement party, police officers used force against journalists, also using tear gas. Among the victims were the photojournalists of the Netgazeti.ge website Mikheil Gvadzabia and the Formula TV channel Vakho Kareli. Their cameras were smashed.

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