“Iberia” Journalists Beaten

“Iberia” Journalists Beaten

On February 28, Levan Tsalugelashvili and Gocha Nemsadzea, journalists from the “Iberia” TV Company, were beaten at the Journalists’ Federation Office.

On February 28, Levan Tsalugelashvili and Gocha Nemsadzea, who were taking footage of a demonstration being held near the Journalists’ Federation office, were attacked and beaten. According to Tsalugelashvili, he had been moving around the office looking for people to interview when he found four men in the conference hall who agreed to speak to him. Instead, the men locked the journalist and the camera operator in a room and severely beat them.

The assailants broke the camera, and removed the tape containing footage of the incident. An investigation into the alleged assault has been initiated at the Tbilisi Mtatsminda-Krtsanisi prosecution office.