Journalists Attacked Again in Western Georgia
The crew of Rustavi 2 TV channel was attacked in Zugdidi, western Georgia, while shooting the anti-governmental Kmara youth movement activists trying to spell Kmara (in Georgian means ?enough?) in the streets of Zugdidi, early in the morning on October 12.
The Rustavi 2 reported that several armed man, supporters of the presidential-backed election bloc For New Georgia, beat up the cameraman.
On October 11 the police also attacked the Rustavi 2 journalists in another western Georgian town of Poti. The police seized a video camera and the tape showing how the police was beating up the Kmara activists protesting against President Shevardnadze, who visited Poti on October 11.
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