Tsotne Museliani

Affiliated media: Svaneti, Journalist

Incident date: April 24, 2017

Attack type:

• Bullying, intimidation, pressure, threats of violence and death, including cyber-

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: media.ge

Location: Georgia, Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti, Lentekhi

Additional information:

On the 24th of April the Georgian Regional Media Association (GRMA) released a statement about the pressuring of journalist Tsotne Museliani by representatives of the regional government of Lentekhi. The head of the Lentekhi region Amiran Dzhamburidze publically called for the journalist to "get over it" and not to share information about the region. According to Tsotne Museliani, the governor received constant threats after criticism on the recently launched independent news site svanetiinfo.ge