Nino Balanchivadze

Affiliated media: Mtavari TV, Journalist

Incident date: June 3, 2024

Attack type:

Illegal impediments to journalistic activity, denial of access to information

Who attacked: Authorities

Location: Georgia, Tbilisi

Additional information:

Parliament halted journalist Nino Balanchivadze's parliamentary accreditation for a month after she asked a question to MP Tsilosani, which the latest didn't like. Halting accreditation in such cases, is part of the "parliament rule of conduct for journalists" which Speaker of Parliament Shalva Papuashvili issued more than a year ago and which has been used to censor critical and opposition media in the parliament.

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