Office of Newspaper “Imedi” Raided in Gurjaani

Office of Newspaper “Imedi” Raided in Gurjaani

Gurjaani.07.01.05.Media News. On Christmas Eve uncertain persons rushed into the office of the newspaper “Imedi”. The door and the windows of the building as well as the computers are broken.

According to Gela Mtiulashvili, editor-in-chief of the newspaper one of the officials warned him about the expected incursion several days ago, because governors of Kakheti Districts were dissatisfied with the activity of the newspaper.

Among the documents taken from the office of the newspaper there are materials regarding the murder committed in Dedoplistskaro (one of the districts of Kakheti) a few days ago and the journalists of the newspaper see the connection between the fact of the incursion and this document.

“This has been done to finally destroy freedom of speech in Kakheti” – said Gela Mtiulashvili.