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Seventeen media representatives granted victim status

Seventeen media representatives granted victim status
Seventeen media representatives granted victim status

Seventeen media representatives were granted victim status. Questioning of journalists, cameramen, and photographers is still underway at the Tbilisi Main Division. Law enforcers ask questions about the circumstances under which journalists were attacked, abused and the conditions under which their equipment was damaged.

Three persons have been detained under two articles of the Criminal Code, and the number of persons detained under the administrative rule is 8. In order to identify and detain other persons involved in the crime, the Ministry of Internal Affairs is carrying out investigative measures.

Radical groups opposed to "Tbilisi Pride" week and attacked journalists. According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, 55 people became victims of violence, including 53 members of the media.

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