Nodar Meladze - Justice for Journalists

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Nodar Meladze

Affiliated media: TV channel Pirveli , Chief Producer

Incident date: September 13, 2021

Attack type:

  • Wiretapping / surveillance without a court decree

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Radio Tavisupleba

Location: Georgia, Tbilisi

Additional information:

On September 13, audio recordings of illegal wiretapping of Georgian clergy were made public on the air of the Pirveli TV channel. According to the media, more than 3,000 files were provided to the TV channels by a certain ex-officer of the State Security Service of Georgia. Among the published materials, there were also phone conversations of journalists with priests or officials. Among them were journalists: Gela Bochikashvili, Eka Kvesitadze, Nodar Meladze, Nika Gvaramia, Theo Giligashvili, and Nino Vardzelashvili.