INTIMIDATION AND THREATENING OF A JOURNALIST
Date: 2020-09-30
Period: 2020 Parliamentary elections - Pre-election period
District: Dmanisi
Incident Category: Intimidation , Threatening
2020-10-13 On September 16, in village Nakhiduri, following opposition’s public meeting, an assemblyman from GD, Vugar Isaev threatened Mtavari Arkhi reporter Jeikhun Muhamedali that he would wound him. He said: "once the elections are over, I’ll call you here and tell you completely different words, go ahead, work for the Nationals [UNM].” Isaev told ISFED observer that a disagreement between him and the reporter began in 2018, when the assemblyman gave an interview about the problem of drinking water in the village, but the report aired on the TV was biased. According to Isaev, on September 16, together with several of his fellow-villagers, he was standing near the public meeting. He said as soon as the reporter saw him, he demanded an interview. The assemblyman refused, saying he would not speak to a biased reporter. According to the assemblyman, he decided to leave, but the reporter followed him stubbornly, trying to provoke him, which – in his words - others also witnessed. https://www.interpressnews.ge/ka/article/618005-kartuli-ocnebis-opistan-lelos-kalta-sabchos-organizebit-akcia-gaimarta/
2020-09-30


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