– Now, about this form… — Vasil Maghlaperidze

– Yesterday, when they were killing our children, you want to talk to me about forms? Which form are you talking about? Where were you when they were killing our children? Why weren’t you at the rally, why didn’t you come out, tell me? If I, as a journalist, stand there from morning till night protecting not only my own children but everyone’s children… then where were you, explain to me?

– We were covering it… — Vasil Maghlaperidze

– Covering what? When Papuashvili was sitting there the other night… while Papuashvili was lying to us during the dispersal, what are you even talking about? What are you talking about at all? What truth are you talking about, what’s making you laugh, Vasiko?

– Bitterness makes me laugh.

– And bitterness makes me shout, Vasiko!

– You think by insulting and bullying a person you’re expressing yourselves…

– What insult, what bullying…? Hand me that… Give me Guram Rogava’s photo — she asks for the photo of Guram Rogava, the journalist deliberately injured the previous night — These are journalists. Them, and at the same time as their beating…

– Why didn’t you bring our photo, why didn’t you bring it? I would have liked that very much if you had. — Tina Berdzenishvili

– Tina, I spoke about it live on air today. Rewind and watch what I said and how I said it…

– Listen, the journalist, the cameraman, the editor… you can come at me, but don’t touch them.” — Tina Berdzenishvili

– Don’t twist the conversation, because I don’t target journalists, or cameramen, or editors. They are our colleagues.

– I don’t know if you saw our statement, but there is no mention of this at all.”

– You issued that statement only after the rally was announced. Right now it would be better if you go in and do the broadcast. — Shopio Khuntsaria

– I’ll plan the broadcast technically and then call you in. — Tina Berdzenishvili

Right now, you can see in the frame—this black-masked officer… Let go of my hand! Let go! Act properly and don’t hit me… Don’t hit me!

Many citizens have been detained, and now they’re preventing the media from working here as well. They’re pushing us around… Film these people! They’re cursing at us because they don’t want us to capture how they’re detaining people and the force they’re using against those who were simply standing here on Shevchenko Street.

Can you film over there? There are so many of them…

Lower the cameras!
We’re doing our job, so you need to leave this area.
Lower the cameras!
We’re doing our job—leave!

They’re shouting obscenities…

Move away, don’t interfere!

Balu, film this girl—see how they’re treating her… She’s a citizen whose friend was just detained and dragged inside.

They’re treating us, the media, aggressively as well because they didn’t want us to capture the footage that was just aired live a few moments ago…

They grabbed me by the throat, cursed at me—you just can’t imagine what they did. I’m in complete shock… I was just trying to shield myself, they opened the doors, there were quite a lot of us, but we couldn’t even get others inside because they were storming in and hitting us. I don’t even want to repeat on live air the obscene words they used against me. The way they cursed at me, the way they hit me on the head… even my family… Who do you think you are to insult someone’s family?

You—standing there, two-meter ‘men’—no, not men, cowards! The fact that you could even raise a hand against a woman just to show your strength proves your disgrace. You grabbed me by the throat, hit me, cursed at me, kicked me—I’m in total shock. I’m trying so hard to control this rage.

Those of us who managed to get inside tried to hold the doors shut while they were trying to break in. But we were many, so we pushed from behind and managed to close the doors. Do you know what they did to me? They hit me in the torso, the hands, the head…

– Sergi, is this proportional force? Tell me, what’s happening on Rustaveli Avenue?

– Nothing is happening.

– People are bloodied, Sergi, didn’t you see?

– Nothing is happening.

– Whose service are you working for? Tell me! Sergi, whose service are you in? Sergi, whose orders are you following? Did you see the footage of the bloodied people, or do you not have a phone and only a radio? Did you see the footage of bloodied people, being punched in the face? Being punched in the face… Sergi, for what you don’t want to answer, you have no answer…
It was Sergi Bzishvili…