TV channel Mtavari Arkhi - Justice for Journalists

Affiliated media: TV channel Mtavari Arkhi , Camera crew

Incident date: November 22, 2021

Attack type:

Illegal impediments to journalistic activity, denial of access to information

Who attacked: Authorities

Location: Georgia, Tbilisi

Additional information:

On November 22, the journalists of the TV channels Mtavari Arkhi and Pirveli, as well as journalists of the Netgazeti website, were not admitted to the briefing of the Minister of Culture of Georgia Thea Tsulukiani. Representatives of other media participated in the briefing.

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