OBSTRUCTION OF MEDIA ACTIVITIES
2020-09-30 On August 5, in Kobuleti, reporters and camera crew of TV Pirveli who had arrived for covering a possible incident of vote-buying, were aggressively met by the Georgian Dream supporters, who insulted them verbally and physically. In an interview with ISFED observer, journalist Erekle Noghaideli confirmed that Mamuka Shatirishvili (who was writing down names and personal numbers of individuals during distribution of vegetables) threatened him with the following words: “Don’t you want [to be able] to walk [freely] in the street?!” In addition, locals that participated in distribution of vegetables urged reporters not to report the information. Supporter of the Georgian Dream, Achiko Bajelidze verbally insulted journalist Nato Gogelia, who was at the premises of the Georgian Dream campaign office at that moment.


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