On July 17 the Commissioner for Human Rights in the Republic of Abkhazia Anas Kishmaria sent a request to the head of the State Security Service of the Republic of Abkhazia Dmitry Dbar in connection with the appeal of journalist Elena Zavodskaya to the Office of the Commissioner, about her non-admission to the meeting of the Committee on Economic Policy and Reforms of the People's Assembly - Parliament of the Republic of Abkhazia.
In her address, E. Zavodskaya reported that despite their accreditation two of her colleagues were also not allowed to attend the meeting of the parliamentary committee.