Tekla Chkhaidze - Justice for Journalists

Tekla Chkhaidze

Affiliated media: OC Media, Freelance journalist

Incident date: October 26, 2024

Attack type:

  • Illegal impediments to journalistic activity, denial of access to information

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Mediaombudsman

Location: Georgia, Telavi

Additional information:

The Central Election Commission (CEC) members of the 8th precinct in Telavi didn't allow journalist Tekla Chkhaidze to enter the precinct. She presented her CEC accreditation badge but they demanded extra documents from her and didn't allow her to film inside.

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