Affiliated media: TV channel Mtavari Arkhi , Journalist

Incident date: April 4, 2021

Attack type:

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

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: TV channel Formula

Location: Georgia, Rioni, Tsqaltubo Municipality (Imereti region)

Additional information:

In the village of Rioni, Tsqaltubo Municipality (Imereti region), the Ministry of Internal Affairs officers did not let the film crews of the Formula, Pirveli, Mtavari Arkhi, and Rustavi 2 TV channels into the village for about two hours, forbidding them to film a report on domestic murder because of a quarrel. Only after the journalists called the press center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and demanded to let them into the village, they were allowed to carry out their professional duties.