Nika Gvaramia - Justice for Journalists

Nika Gvaramia

Affiliated media: TV channel Mtavari Arkhi , General director

Incident date: August 6, 2021

Attack type:

  • Interrogation

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: TV channel Formula

Location: Georgia, Tbilisi

Additional information:

Nika Gvaramia, general director of the Mtavari Arkhi TV channel, was summoned for interrogation by the State Security Service of Georgia in connection with a publication about the «wiretapping» that, according to journalists, the State Security Service of Georgia was illegally conducting for Bidzina Ivanishvili, Russian oligarch and founder of the Georgian Dream ruling party. Following the publication of the article about the «wiretapping», several people confirmed that these were indeed their conversations, including the journalist of the Radio Tavisupleba Giorgi Mgeladze and the journalist of the Formula TV channel Nino Gelashvili.

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