Saturday, February 7, 2026

Georgian media warn court conditions put journalists at risk

TBILISI, January 25 – A coalition of media advocacy groups in Georgia has called on the country’s High Council of Justice to provide safe and properly equipped working spaces for journalists covering court proceedings, warning that reporters are being forced to work in harsh and unsafe conditions. In a statement released on Sunday, the Media … Read more

Georgia's public defender calls on law enforcement to prosecute perpetrators of July 5 violence

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s public defender calls on law enforcement bodies to react to the violent attacks on journalists during the night of July 5 and the following days and make the results public. After crowds of ultra conservatives hunted down journalists in the street and beat them in the night of July 5 to 6, locally … Read more

Rally in Tbilisi calls for PM's resignation after death of cameraman beaten in July 5 violence

Opposition parties, journalists and civil society activists are protesting in the center of Tbilisi on Sunday, demanding the resignation of the Prime Minister, after the death of a cameraman who was beaten during the violent rampage which has become known in Georgia as “the July 5 pogrom”.  Organizers of Sunday’s rally demand the immediate resignation … Read more

Investigative journalist beaten during assignment

Vasil Dabrundashvili, journalist for the production company Studio GNS. (IPN.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – A journalist and a cameraman were beaten while investigating the illegal cutting of trees in eastern Georgia.

Journalists Vasil Dabrundashvili and his cameraman Bacho Buliskeria, who work for the production company Studio GNS, visited the town Akhmeta

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Journalist stalkers in Georgia continue unhindered

Stalkers are continuing to interrupt the work of journalists, despite the existence of laws that could be used if authorities wanted to intervene. (info9)

TBILISI, DFWatch – For more than a month, journalists with an opposition-leaning news service in Georgia have been followed around by a group of unknown people while trying to do their work.

The stalkers carry cameras and microphones, but do not appear to have an

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