Zviad Ablotia

Affiliated media: TV channel Mtavari Arkhi , Cameraman

Incident date: September 28, 2021

Attack type:

• Non-fatal attack / beating / injury / torture

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: TV channel Mtavari Arkhi

Location: Georgia, Marani, Samegrelo

Additional information:

In Georgia, the Mtavari Arkhi channel camera crew (correspondent Ema Gogokhia and cameraman Zviad Ablotia), who was filming a story about the visit of the Minister of Culture of Georgia and Deputy Prime Minister Thea Tsulukiani, was attacked. The attackers were employees of the campaign headquarters of the Georgian Dream party, who were pushing the journalists away, preventing them from working. The attackers also tried to snatch the cameraman's camera.