An attack on journalists in Tbilisi. Screenshot of the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rik8355eRSg&t=3s

16 July 2021, 18:36

Rights defenders and journalists treat inquiry into attacks in Tbilisi as inefficient

Media professionals and human rights defenders believe that authorities fail to take action against organizers of the violence. Journalists announced their large-scale action on July 17.

The "Caucasian Knot" has reported that after the death of Lekso Lashkarava, a cameraman of the "TV-Pirveli" Company, journalists and oppositionists are demanding the resignation of the Prime Minister and the government. On July 11 and 13, large-scale protest actions were held in Tbilisi and other major cities of the country. In his turn, Irakli Garibashvili, the Premier, said that he was not going to resign.

A Tbilisi court has arrested Giorgi Magradze, accused of attacking Iliko Tvaliashvili, a Channel cameraman, on July 5, the news agency named "Report" has informed. Tvaliashvili said that his eyesight has not yet recovered, the "Georgia Online" reports.

The journalists who gathered on July 15 outside the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) demanded to bring the organizers and participants of the violence in Tbilisi to justice. They pointed out that 53 media professionals were beaten up on July 5; the police arrested 21 people, including only those involved in the violence, but not the organizers, the "Rustavi-2" TV Company reports.

The events of July 5-6 are being investigated inefficiently – only isolated cases of violence are revealed, but not the organization of violence and calls for it, the NGO "Centre for Social Justice" has stated.

Diplomats from the embassies of 25 member states of the European Union (EU) have stated that the events in Georgia on July 5-6 cast a shadow on EU-Georgia relations, as well as on the country's image.

This article was originally published on the Russian page of 24/7 Internet agency ‘Caucasian Knot’ on July 16, 2021 at 01:53 am MSK. To access the full text of the article, click here.

Author: Galina Gotua Source: CK correspondent

All news
НАСТОЯЩИЙ МАТЕРИАЛ (ИНФОРМАЦИЯ) ПРОИЗВЕДЕН И РАСПРОСТРАНЕН ИНОСТРАННЫМ АГЕНТОМ ООО “МЕМО”, ЛИБО КАСАЕТСЯ ДЕЯТЕЛЬНОСТИ ИНОСТРАННОГО АГЕНТА ООО “МЕМО”.

March 27, 2024 16:51

March 27, 2024 14:49

March 26, 2024 23:13

  • Analysts dispute on risks of IS'* intensifying in Northern Caucasus

    After the terror act at the Crocus City Hall, in Northern Caucasus, there is a risk of intensification of militants of the IS*, although no terror acts on civilians have not been observed there since 2018. This was noted by Sergey Goncharov, a veteran of special services, and Andrei Koshkin, a military expert.

March 26, 2024 20:26

March 26, 2024 19:40

News archive