2 arrested for assaulting Mtavari Arkhi journalist, cameraman in western Georgia
Tweet 
Share
Officers of the Special Investigation Service have arrested two individuals for their assault on a crew of the opposition-minded Mtavari Arkhi TV channel in the western Georgian city of Zugdidi last month, Koka Katsitadze, the Head of the SIS, announced on Friday.
In the incident, which took place on March 18 outside the office of the Conservative Movement party in Zugdidi, about eight individuals wearing brass knuckles attacked Mtavari Arkhi reporter Ema Gogokhia and cameraman Zviad Ablotia.
Ablotia and Gogokhia received injuries in the assault, with the group also destroying the equipment used by the journalists in their work.
The offenders are set to face two years in prison.
Tbilisi City Court has sentenced seven individuals to a year in prison for attacking TV Pirveli cameraman Levan Bregvadze, Interpressnews agency photo reporter Giorgi Nikolishvili and one more individual at the right-wing counter rally organised against the Tbilisi Pride march on July 5, 2021.
Tbilisi City Court has sentenced six individuals to up to two years in prison for attacking journalists and camera professionals of Mtavari Arkhi, Formula TV and Imedi TV channels at a right-wing counter-rally organised against Tbilisi Pride march on July 5, 2021.
The ruling Georgian Dream (GD) mayoral candidates in Kareli and Chiatura regions, Zaza Guliashvili and Givi Modebadze, have filed a lawsuit in Tbilisi City Court against the opposition-minded Mtavari-Arkhi TV channel and its head Nika Gvaramia for spreading fake information about them.
Opposition-minded Mtavari Arkhi reported earlier today that its cameraman Levan Ablotia was thrown out of the second floor of the ruling Georgian Dream party headquarters in Kareli, in Shida Kartli region.
Police arrested two individuals for assaulting a police officer and failure to report the crime earlier today on Shuamta Street in the Varketili district of the capital of Tbilisi, the Interior Ministry said on Saturday.
Georgia’s Special Investigation Service has launched an inquiry after physical copies of personal data of diplomatic corps were allegedly leaked outside official premises in Tbilisi, the state body announced on Sunday.
The Georgian Interior Ministry launched an investigation into alleged illegal deprivation of liberty and violence against a former journalist Tatia Samkharadze by the United National Movement party’s member Dimitri Chikovani, the Public Broadcaster announced on Saturday.
Georgia’s Ministry of Internal Affairs on Wednesday said police officers had arrested an individual for an assault on a reporter in the Black Sea city of Batumi earlier today.