Netgazeti - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: Netgazeti, News website

Incident date: July 6, 2020

Attack type:

Defamation, spreading libel about a media worker or media outlet

Who attacked: Authorities

Location: Georgia, Batumi

Additional information:

An article published at the Media critica platform, founded by the National communications committees, contained information that Batumelebi and Netgazeti and other media spread “disinformation and fake news”.

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