On June 13, the public prosecutor's office announced the introduction of a criminal investigation of the alleged illegal interference in the work of a journalist in an incident of June 12 near the Tbilisi Court, in which followers of the detained demonstrator Devidze confronted the Mariam Nebieridze, a journalist who for the Georgian Dream and The oral pit worked.
The confrontation was only a few minutes after the prison sentence of four and a half years had been announced in the case of Mate Devidze. A 21-year-old demonstrator who was imprisoned during a rally on November 19, 2024. In the post video, which does not show the beginning of the confrontation, a journalist who can be seen in the courtyard in which the courtyard is located. They shout at them to “go away” and call them a “slave” and more. “Are you proud to organize the PostV microphone?!” A woman already asks the journalist outside the farm.
“The PostV crew was physically attacked by radical opposition activists,” postv wrote in a Facebook post and announced a video material. The channel immediately contacted the public prosecutor to begin an investigation of the alleged crime.
PostV, known for his open Pro GD posture, often discredits opposition figures, activists of civil society and persistent protests. The channel belongs to Viktor Japaridze, a member of the Power's Power's Power's Power's Power's Power of the GD. In 2022, Japaridze acquired a majority station at the station.
The public prosecutor said that the investigation had been initiated by the special investigation service (SIS) in accordance with Article 154 of Georgia's criminal law. On May 19, SIS, commissioned with the misconduct of the officials of the officials, said It would be absorbed by the public prosecutor. Until then, the agency was a separate investigative position, which was founded in 2022 according to the agenda of the EU Georgia Association.
Hundreds of demonstrators, including dozens of journalists, were attacked by the police during the protests in November and December 2024, although no civil servant was held accountable.
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