8 more people arrested for assaulting journalists, damaging Tbilisi Pride office on July 5
A total of 15 people have been arrested as part of the ongoing investigation into the violent events of July 5. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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Five more people have been arrested for group violence, persecution and assault of journalists and three people have been detained for damaging the office of Tbilisi Pride during a right-wing counter rally on July 5.
The investigation established that on July 5, during a rally against Tbilisi Pride on Rustaveli Avenue in Tbilisi, two defendants physically and verbally assaulted a journalist and a cameraman of TV Pirveli channel while on duty in the office of the Shame movement,” the Ministry of Internal Affairs announced.
Three other defendants were detained for verbal and physical assault of TV Pirveli cameraman and photographer of the news agency Interpressnews.
All three are charged with unlawful interference with journalistic activities, harassment and group violence,” the official statement says.
Police say three defendants illegally entered the balcony of the office of Tbilisi Pride, ‘which was followed by violence, raid and damage/destruction of others’ property.’
The crime is punishable by two to six years of imprisonment.
Eight of the detainees are already in court facing charges, while five more were arraigned earlier today.
Three of the 32 detainees from the rally of July 6 were fined for administrative violation, the maximum fine of which is 3,500 GEL (about $1,107/€934).
A total of 15 people have been arrested as part of the ongoing investigation into the violent events of July 5.
The scheduled ‘March of Dignity’ by Tbilisi Pride was cancelled on July 5 due to fears of continued violence from right-wing counter protesters.
A total of 53 journalists were injured at the counter rally on July 5.
TV Pirveli cameraman Lekso Lashkarava, 36, was found dead at home this morning. Lashkarava was one of the 53 media representatives who were attacked by right-wing groups during the Tbilisi Pride counter rally on June 5.
Four more right-wing activists have been arrested for assault, persecution and group violence against journalists and cameramen during the Tbilisi Pride counter rally on July 5.
Four individuals have been sentenced to two months pre-trial detention for verbally and physically assaulting employees of TV Pirveli and Mtavari TV on July 5 at the counter-rally against the Tbilisi Pride March.
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.
Police have detained 100 activists of violent right-wing groups who shut down a ‘silent’ demonstration held outside the Parliament of Georgia yesterday to protest the violent events of July 5. "At this stage, 100 people have been detained. Of the detainees, 68 have been released…while 32 remain in temporary detention”, reports the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia.
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.
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.
Police are investigating an attack on the offices of Tbilisi Pride and the Shame movement by right-wing groups protesting the Tbilisi Pride march earlier today, the Ministry of Internal Affairs has announced. Civil movement Shame reported that no one was injured in the attack on their office.
Two journalists, Rati Ratiani and Giorgi Arobeladze, have accused police of assault, which allegedly took place following their arrest in Batumi on December 17.The incident occurred in front of the bar Adgili, which is located on Rustaveli street in Batumi close to the police department building.
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.
Georgian Public Defender Nino Lomjaria has released the 2021 Human Rights Report lamenting “threatening and hostile” environment for reporters and media outlets, and criticising legislative changes in the judiciary of the country.
Tbilisi City Court has sentenced six individuals to five years in prison for attacking TV Pirveli cameraman Lekso Lashkarava and journalist Miranda Baghaturia, at a right-wing counter rally organised against Tbilisi Pride march on July 5, 2021.
Sixteen media representatives - journalists, camera crews and photographers - who were attacked by far-right groups while covering Tbilisi Pride events last year have filed a lawsuit against the state in the European Court of Human Rights, the Georgian Young Lawyers Association said on Monday.