Stand-Up Comedian Assaulted Following Campaign by Pro-Government Media Over His Remarks About Writer Nodar Dumbadze

Onise Okriashvili, a stand-up comedian and active participant in the anti-government protests, was physically assaulted near his apartment in Tbilisi following days of extensive negative coverage by pro-government media over a joking remark in which he mentioned acclaimed 20th-century Georgian writer Nodar Dumbadze.

Okriashvili was attacked by three unidentified men late on July 23 in …