Nino Baidauri

Affiliated media: Netgazeti , Journalist

Incident date: June 4, 2025

Attack type:

• Fines and other restrictions following administrative offences

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Mapping Media Freedom

Location: Georgia, Tbilisi

Additional information:

On 4 June 2025, journalist at independent online media outlet Netgazeti Nino Baidauri posted on Facebook that she was fined 5,000 GEL (approximately EUR 1600) for "blocking the road" during the pro-European rally on the Rustaveli Avenue in Tbilisi. In late 2024, the ruling Georgian Dream party amended the Administrative Offences Code, increasing the fine for "blocking the road" from GEL 500 (approximately EUR 160) to GEL 5,000 (approximately EUR 1,600). In the months that followed, numerous individuals, including journalists, have been fined under the revised law, with some receiving multiple penalties.