Four Georgian TV stations go off air in protest over journalist's death


  • World
  • Wednesday, 14 Jul 2021

FILE PHOTO: Portraits of journalist Alexander Lashkarava are placed next to a broken camera during his funeral in Tbilisi, Georgia July 13, 2021. Lashkarava was found dead at his home several days after he was beaten during attacks on LGBT+ activists in Tbilisi. REUTERS/Irakli Gedenidze/File Photo

TBILISI (Reuters) - Four television channels in Georgia went off the air on Wednesday in protest at the death of a cameraman who was beaten up during violence against LGBT activists, and demanded the prime minister's resignation.

Hundreds of people took to the streets of the former Soviet republic's capital, Tbilisi, on Sunday to demand punishment for those responsible for Alexander Lashkarava's death.

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