Событие Levan Gulbani - Justice for Journalists

Levan Gulbani

Affiliated media: Channel One, Technician

Incident date: December 6, 2017

Attack type:

  • Ban on entering the country, denial or revocation of a visa / accreditation

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Georgia Online

Location: Ukraine, Boryspil

Additional information:

On the 6th of December, the Ukrainian border force in Kiev's airport refused entry to a camera crew from the Georgian public broadcaster's television channel, which included the journalist Salome Kokiashvili, cameraman Zaze Shukvani and technician Levan Gulbani. Border guards detained the camera at the Boryspil airport for a few hours, and then refused them entry after an interview.

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