Событие Bakur Chikhladze - Justice for Journalists

Bakur Chikhladze

Affiliated media: Rustavi 2, Cameraman

Incident date: May 23, 2019

Attack type:

  • Non-fatal attack / beating / injury / torture

Who attacked: Unknown sources

Source: Georgia Online

Location: Georgia, Imereti, Tskaltubo

Additional information:

On the 23rd of May a camera crew from the television company Rustavi 2,including journalist Edisher Mushkudiani and cameraman Bakur Chikhladze,was attacked in Tskaltubo (Imereti region). There were five attackers. The camera crew was filming a report about seven girls detained on suspicion of murdering a seven-month-old child. The journalist and cameraman were taken to the Kutaisi clinic "Eveks".

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