Pirveli TV cameraman Alexandra Lashkarava, who was attacked on Monday while covering the pride parade in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia, was found dead this Sunday at his home, according to the channel he worked on. The LGBTQ community march was eventually canceled after a far-right group blocked a planned route and then attacked activists and journalists and burned rainbow flags.
After the news became known, thousands of people gathered outside the Georgian parliament to demand the resignation. Prime MinisterIrakli Garibashvili, who accused the parade participants of violence.
Lashkarava, 37, was hospitalized on Monday with a fractured face and severe body pains and was discharged a few days later.
A group of armed men who interrupted the parade also demolished the tents that the opposition had erected in front of the Georgian parliament and tried to infiltrate the office of the Shame Movement, the organizer of the parade.
According to journalist Miranda Bagaturia, who teamed up with Lashkarava, “at least 20 people” were attacked. ABOUT The keeper talks about “more than 50 journalists attacked that day.”
Reporters Without Borders condemned the attacks against journalists, referring to “injuries including concussions, chemical burns and broken arms,” and accused the authorities of being “passive” and the police for inaction in the face of attacks on journalists.
The European Union, the United States, the United Kingdom, Norway and Israel, in a joint statement from their embassies, condemned the “lack of condemnation of the government and authorities in the face of this violence.”
On Monday, the Interior Ministry announced its fifth arrest in connection with attacks on journalist Miranda Baghaturia and Lashkarava, whose cause of death was not yet known this Monday.
