3 out of 11 right-wing activists detained for attacking journalists on July 5 to face criminal charges
A total of 53 journalists of various media outlets were injured while covering the rally of right-wing activists against the Tbilisi Pride march that was scheduled for July 5. Photo: Netgazeti.
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Three out of 11 right-wing activists detained on July 5 for attacking journalists will face criminal charges, while two detainees have been sentenced to three days of administrative detention.
Right-wing activist Paata Gurchiani Is among the 11 detainees, who has been sentenced to three days of administrative detention, while Akaki Nakashvidze, detained for insulting Tbilisi Pride activists, has been released on 2,300 GEL bail earlier today.
The Interior Ministry reported earlier today that on July 5 during the Tbilisi Pride rally two young men were walking in Tbilisi centre when Gurchiani and other right-wing activists verbally insulted and chased them.
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The detained allegedly chased the minors because the latter were wearing colorful t-shirts.
The Interior Ministry has detained three individuals for attacking journalists during the anti-Pride rally on July 5.
One of the three detainees is the driver of a moped, who attempted to drive the moped into a crowd of journalists gathered on Rustaveli Avenue.
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Another detainee attacked media representatives on Rustaveli Avenue.
Ilia Tvaliashvili, TV operator of Georgian Public Broadcaster, received eye injuries as a result of an attack by right-wing protesters yesterday. Currently he is undergoing treatment in hospital.
Tvaliashvili says a chemical liquid was poured on his face.
A total of 53 journalists of various media outlets were injured while covering the rally of right-wing activists against the Tbilisi Pride march that was scheduled for July 5.
Tbilisi Mayor Kakha Kaladze has called everyone to refrain from violent attacks against 'adults, women, tourists' following today's demonstration of right-wing groups against LGBT people and their supporters.
Senaki and Chkhorotskhu Metropolitan Shio Mujiri, who is Patriarch Ilia II’s ‘locum tenens’ has addressed the crowd at Kashveti Church after the violent attacks of the right-wing groups, that the Georgian society will again unite against LGBT activities anytime in the future.
Eight people have been detained for violence against journalists and attacks on the offices of Tbilisi Pride and the Shame Movement, as well as an explosion at the headquarters of a Tbilisi-based human rights organisations during the Tbilisi Pride counter rally today, the Georgian Interior Ministry reports.
Right-wing groups and clergy from the Orthodox Church of Georgia on Monday left dozens of reporters injured and stormed the offices of Tbilisi Pride march organisers ahead of the planned event for queer rights in the capital, with the event subsequently cancelled by the LGBTQ activists.
A Polish journalist who was stabbed on July 5 during the outbreak of violence at the Tbilisi Pride counter rally is in stable condition following surgery, surgeon of Aladashvili Clinic Kakha Dangadze told Formula TV today.
A journalist has been attacked at a "silent" demonstration outside the Parliament of Georgia held to protest the violent events of July 5, InterPressNews agency has reported. IPN said an unidentified person from a group that interfered with journalists at the scene had attacked the agency's reporter. A "number of people" have been removed from the area by the police, the news agency said, however "tension" was still observed at the site of the protest.
Police have made arrests on Rustaveli Avenue in Georgia's capital, where a protest involving political opposition and independent citizens against the July 5 violence is being countered by a rally of right-wing groups involved in Monday's incidents against Tbilisi Pride organisers and reporters deployed to cover it.
Injuries to citizens and law enforcement have been reported from ongoing protests on Rustaveli Avenue as items including stones and pieces of iron rods have been observed thrown from violent right-wing counter-demonstrators. Participants of the peaceful protest against July 5 violent scenes have reportedly asked police to use riot units - located nearby according to law enforcement officers - against the violent groups whose attacks have left police professionals and citizens injured.
Giorgi Khmaladze, detained for stabbing a Polish journalist on Khetagurovi Street on July 5, will face criminal charges. Prosecutor Giorgi Shaishmelashvili said that Khmaladze has been convicted of robbery in the past, and asked Tbilisi City Court to refuse him bail.
Three out of 53 journalists injured at Tbilisi Pride counter rally on July 5 remain in hospital, reports Interpressnews agency.
Four defendants who attacked journalists at the Tbilisi Pride march counter rally on July 5 have been denied release on bail. Three defendants were sent to pre-trial detention for a violent attack on the journalists and cameramen of Tabula, New post agency, TV channels Rustavi 2 and Mtavari Arkhi and the fourth one for the physical assault of the cameramen of Palitranews.
Tbilisi City Court has sentenced Irakli Kavlashvili to two years in prison for attacking a Palitra News TV cameraman at a right-wing counter-rally organised against Tbilisi Pride on July 5 last year.
The Prosecution Service of Georgia charged a citizen identified as D.V. with unlawful interference with the journalist’s professional activities and persecution on Sunday.