TBILISI — Dozens of journalists have gathered to commemorate a Georgian television cameraman who was buried on July 13 after being viciously beaten while covering an LGBT event.
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Media flank the path of mourners following the coffin with the body of Alexander Lashkarava, 37, in Tbilisi on July 13, 2021, a cameraman working for independent TV station Pirveli, shortly after he was assaulted on July 5, 2021 in Tbilisi, by violent anti-LGBTQ protesters and sustained fractures to his facial bones.
