Interior ministry released statement regarding incident occurred in
connection with a journalist Gela Mtivlishvili, which we offer you
invariably:
“On May 20, journalist Gela
Mtivlishvili was asked to introduce himself when he was photographing Tianeti
Regional Police building and police officers. After Gela Mtivlishvili refused
to name himself he was taken to the building of Tianeti Police with the purpose
of his identification and was released few minutes later after he was
identified by police, however he refused to leave the building after which
police officers had to force him to leave the building. During the incident
Gela Mtivlishvili was not subject to physical confrontation.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs
reiterates that representatives of media have a full authority to take pictures
of police buildings and officers, although the Ministry avails itself to call
on media representatives to act more reasonably.”
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