Tugushi has addressed the Chief Prosecutor of Georgia with a recommendation regarding the TV 9 journalist
The Public Defender of Georgia has addressed the
Chief Prosecutor of Georgia
with a proposal to launch an investigation into the fact of threat made against
a journalist of TV 9, Nodar Chachua.
“The Public Defender considers that the information in the explanatory note of
Nodar Chachua contains signs of crime punishable by the Criminal Code of
Georgia and, accordingly, it is within the competence of the investigatory
bodies to study the aforementioned fact and respond in an appropriate manner”,
- is said in the statement released by Giorgi Tugushi.
According to the information of the ombudsman, on
July 27, 2012, news outlets disseminated information about threats made against
a journalist of TV 9, Nodar Chachua.
“On the same day, representatives of the Public
Defender met and took an explanatory note from Nodar Chachua. According to the
explanatory note, on July 23, 2012, at about 18:00, on Melikishvili Street in Tbilisi, a stranger had asked him to sit in a
car standing nearby in which two more persons were waiting for him. As soon as
he sat in the car, the strangers assaulted him verbally, showed him a video
describing his private life, and told him that they would publicize the video
unless he fulfilled their demands. As the journalist points out, the strangers
did not tell him their names; they only explained that they were employees of
the “service” and were able to create problems for him.
According to the explanatory note, the aforementioned persons met the
journalist again on July 26, 2012, and continued a similar rhetoric”, - is said
in the statement”.
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