Rezo Burjanadze - Justice for Journalists

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Rezo Burjanadze

Affiliated media: TV channel Mtavari Arkhi , Cameraman

Incident date: April 15, 2022

Attack type:

  • Illegal impediments to journalistic activity, denial of access to information

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: TV channel Mtavari Arkhi

Location: Georgia, Kutaisi

Additional information:

On April 15, journalists of the Mtavari Arkhi TV channel (reporter Irakli Vachiberadze and cameraman Rezo Burjanadze) and Formula TV channel (cameraman Achiko Gabrichidze) were not admitted to the session of the Kutaisi City Council without any explanation. The security guards told the journalists that the pass system had started to work, of which they had not been warned.