State Inspector's Office starts investigation of video footage relating to minor beneficiaries of Ninotsminda orphanage

The State Inspector's Office has started investigating the video footage relating to the minor beneficiaries of the Ninotsminda orphanage.

The State Inspector’s Office urges everyone, including the media, to consider the best interests of children and to refrain from further dissemination or disclosure of the above footage.

"Videos of the beneficiaries of the orphanage have been spread on the social network, where the minors are fully identifiable.

The State Inspector's Office has launched an investigation into this fact.

Violation of the privacy of children, especially of the orphanage beneficiaries, may cause irreparable damage to the child's psyche, its development, social relations and future life, and may degrade the child, or lead to his/her stigmatization, bullying, discrimination or may a negative impact on his/her emotional state and development.

"The State Inspector’s Office urges everyone, including the media, to take into account the best interests of children and to refrain from further dissemination and publication of the above footage," reads the statement.