Manana Qveliashvili
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🟥Sept 8, #Tbilisi - GD activists attacked journalists & protesters despite heavy police presence. Several injured.
🟥Journalists were targeted, their phones stolen & passed to cars.
🟥One phone was retrieved by a Netgazeti reporter, Ketevan Khutsishvili, who confronted the thief.
#GeorgiaProtests
🟥Journalists were targeted, their phones stolen & passed to cars.
🟥One phone was retrieved by a Netgazeti reporter, Ketevan Khutsishvili, who confronted the thief.
#GeorgiaProtests
September 9, 2025 at 7:46 AM
🟥Sept 8, #Tbilisi - GD activists attacked journalists & protesters despite heavy police presence. Several injured.
🟥Journalists were targeted, their phones stolen & passed to cars.
🟥One phone was retrieved by a Netgazeti reporter, Ketevan Khutsishvili, who confronted the thief.
#GeorgiaProtests
🟥Journalists were targeted, their phones stolen & passed to cars.
🟥One phone was retrieved by a Netgazeti reporter, Ketevan Khutsishvili, who confronted the thief.
#GeorgiaProtests
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🟥 Judge Nino Sakhelashvili has sentenced journalist Mzia Amaglobeli to 2yrs in prison, ignoring widespread calls from local and international human rights and press freedom organizations to release her and end what they describe as politically motivated prosecution tied to her journalism.
#FreeMzia
#FreeMzia
Judge Sentences Journalist Mzia Amaglobeli to 2 Years in Prison Despite International Outcry - Batumelebi
Mzia Amaglobeli •
batumelebi.netgazeti.ge
August 6, 2025 at 10:39 AM
🟥 Judge Nino Sakhelashvili has sentenced journalist Mzia Amaglobeli to 2yrs in prison, ignoring widespread calls from local and international human rights and press freedom organizations to release her and end what they describe as politically motivated prosecution tied to her journalism.
#FreeMzia
#FreeMzia
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July 3, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Every dollar raised will go to #Batumelebi, toward vital resources, support for Mzia and her colleagues, and ensuring they have the means to persevere in the face of repression.
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📢 1/4 🧵 According to GYLA, "@echr.coe.int has initiated the examination of the application of journalist Mzia Amaglobeli.
In its correspondence, the Court indicates that the case may be granted "impact case" status due to its potential broader significance.
#FeeMzia
#RepressionInGeorgia
In its correspondence, the Court indicates that the case may be granted "impact case" status due to its potential broader significance.
#FeeMzia
#RepressionInGeorgia
June 26, 2025 at 1:28 PM
📢 1/4 🧵 According to GYLA, "@echr.coe.int has initiated the examination of the application of journalist Mzia Amaglobeli.
In its correspondence, the Court indicates that the case may be granted "impact case" status due to its potential broader significance.
#FeeMzia
#RepressionInGeorgia
In its correspondence, the Court indicates that the case may be granted "impact case" status due to its potential broader significance.
#FeeMzia
#RepressionInGeorgia
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🚨Final hearing scheduled for today:
🕥Saba Jikia -10:30
🕒Giorgi Mindadze - 3:00
🔴 Meanwhile, the citizens - already resigned to the fact that the time for justice has not yet come - is gathering to show support for the prisoners and their families.
#RepressionInGeorgia
#GeorgiaProtests
🕥Saba Jikia -10:30
🕒Giorgi Mindadze - 3:00
🔴 Meanwhile, the citizens - already resigned to the fact that the time for justice has not yet come - is gathering to show support for the prisoners and their families.
#RepressionInGeorgia
#GeorgiaProtests
July 3, 2025 at 7:54 AM
🚨Final hearing scheduled for today:
🕥Saba Jikia -10:30
🕒Giorgi Mindadze - 3:00
🔴 Meanwhile, the citizens - already resigned to the fact that the time for justice has not yet come - is gathering to show support for the prisoners and their families.
#RepressionInGeorgia
#GeorgiaProtests
🕥Saba Jikia -10:30
🕒Giorgi Mindadze - 3:00
🔴 Meanwhile, the citizens - already resigned to the fact that the time for justice has not yet come - is gathering to show support for the prisoners and their families.
#RepressionInGeorgia
#GeorgiaProtests
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#Géorgie : le @europarl.europa.eu condamne la détention politique de la journaliste Mzia Amaghlobeli, cofondatrice de @netgazeti.org et appelle à sa libération immédiate. RSF salue cette résolution qui dénonce la répression des médias et appelle à des sanctions contre les responsables. #FreeMzia
June 19, 2025 at 2:20 PM
#Géorgie : le @europarl.europa.eu condamne la détention politique de la journaliste Mzia Amaghlobeli, cofondatrice de @netgazeti.org et appelle à sa libération immédiate. RSF salue cette résolution qui dénonce la répression des médias et appelle à des sanctions contre les responsables. #FreeMzia
May 12, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Journalist Mzia Amaglobeli, Founder and CEO of the independent media outlets Batumelebi and Netgazeti, addressed the judge during the review of her pre-trial detention:
April 30, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Journalist Mzia Amaglobeli, Founder and CEO of the independent media outlets Batumelebi and Netgazeti, addressed the judge during the review of her pre-trial detention:
No matter how many of your friends you feed to your enemy, he will come for you eventually.
April 25, 2025 at 10:19 AM
No matter how many of your friends you feed to your enemy, he will come for you eventually.
Today marks the 100th day of Mzia Amaghlobeli's unlawful detention. She is the only female political prisoner among more than 50 political detainees currently held in Georgian jails. Mzia Amaghlobeli has become a symbol of press freedom amid escalating crackdowns on independent media in the region.
April 22, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Today marks the 100th day of Mzia Amaghlobeli's unlawful detention. She is the only female political prisoner among more than 50 political detainees currently held in Georgian jails. Mzia Amaghlobeli has become a symbol of press freedom amid escalating crackdowns on independent media in the region.
Mzia Amaglobeli, founder and manager of the independent media outlets Batumelebi and Netgazeti, has been held in unlawful detention for over three months.
April 16, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Mzia Amaglobeli, founder and manager of the independent media outlets Batumelebi and Netgazeti, has been held in unlawful detention for over three months.
Media groups fear the bill, which ruling party officials call an “exact copy” of the U.S. FARA, will be used more punitively than in the United States, where the law has rarely been applied to media and civil society groups.
cpj.org/2025/03/geor...
cpj.org/2025/03/geor...
Georgia parliament very close to making harsher ‘foreign agent’ bill a law - Committee to Protect Journalists
New York, March 20, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists expresses deep concern after Georgia’s parliament on March 18 approved a second reading of a foreign agent bill that will most likely beco...
cpj.org
March 21, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Media groups fear the bill, which ruling party officials call an “exact copy” of the U.S. FARA, will be used more punitively than in the United States, where the law has rarely been applied to media and civil society groups.
cpj.org/2025/03/geor...
cpj.org/2025/03/geor...
"During the Soviet repressions, people were executed without even standing trial. At least my court hearing is happening - so what if it’s just a formality? I have nothing to complain about", - Mzia Amaglobeli told the judge Nino Sakhelashvili during her criminal case hearing.
#MziaAmaglobeli
#MziaAmaglobeli
March 19, 2025 at 8:09 AM
"During the Soviet repressions, people were executed without even standing trial. At least my court hearing is happening - so what if it’s just a formality? I have nothing to complain about", - Mzia Amaglobeli told the judge Nino Sakhelashvili during her criminal case hearing.
#MziaAmaglobeli
#MziaAmaglobeli
Freedom for Mzia Amaglobeli!
March 9, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Freedom for Mzia Amaglobeli!
"I will not bow to this regime. I will not play by its rules," vowed journalist Mzia Amaglobeli, who has been on hunger strike in a Georgian jail for 36 days
36th day of #MziaAmaglobeli's hunger strike.
#Freemzia
#repressioningeorgia
#terroringeorgia
36th day of #MziaAmaglobeli's hunger strike.
#Freemzia
#repressioningeorgia
#terroringeorgia
February 16, 2025 at 3:10 PM
"I will not bow to this regime. I will not play by its rules," vowed journalist Mzia Amaglobeli, who has been on hunger strike in a Georgian jail for 36 days
36th day of #MziaAmaglobeli's hunger strike.
#Freemzia
#repressioningeorgia
#terroringeorgia
36th day of #MziaAmaglobeli's hunger strike.
#Freemzia
#repressioningeorgia
#terroringeorgia
32th day of #MziaAmaglobeli's hunger strike.
Our newsroom cat called News has been waiting for Mzia for 32 days now.
#Freemzia
#repressioningeorgia
#terroringeorgia
Our newsroom cat called News has been waiting for Mzia for 32 days now.
#Freemzia
#repressioningeorgia
#terroringeorgia
February 12, 2025 at 6:51 PM
32th day of #MziaAmaglobeli's hunger strike.
Our newsroom cat called News has been waiting for Mzia for 32 days now.
#Freemzia
#repressioningeorgia
#terroringeorgia
Our newsroom cat called News has been waiting for Mzia for 32 days now.
#Freemzia
#repressioningeorgia
#terroringeorgia
"Freedom for Mzia!" - the laser protesters are back on Rustaveli, Tbilisi.
#terrorinGeorgia #GeorgiaProtests #Freemzia
#terrorinGeorgia #GeorgiaProtests #Freemzia
February 10, 2025 at 8:06 PM
"Freedom for Mzia!" - the laser protesters are back on Rustaveli, Tbilisi.
#terrorinGeorgia #GeorgiaProtests #Freemzia
#terrorinGeorgia #GeorgiaProtests #Freemzia
Our newsroom cat called News has been waiting for Mzia for 26 days now.
#Freemzia
#GeorgiaProtests
#repressioningeorgia
#terroringeorgia
#Freemzia
#GeorgiaProtests
#repressioningeorgia
#terroringeorgia
February 6, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Our newsroom cat called News has been waiting for Mzia for 26 days now.
#Freemzia
#GeorgiaProtests
#repressioningeorgia
#terroringeorgia
#Freemzia
#GeorgiaProtests
#repressioningeorgia
#terroringeorgia
25th day of #MziaAmaglobeli's hunger strike.
Mzia's hunger strike was never about drawing attention to her health. From day one, she asked her lawyers to tell us not to focus on that.Her hunger strike is her response to the injustice,impunity,and state violence that she, like many others,has faced.
Mzia's hunger strike was never about drawing attention to her health. From day one, she asked her lawyers to tell us not to focus on that.Her hunger strike is her response to the injustice,impunity,and state violence that she, like many others,has faced.
February 5, 2025 at 9:46 AM
25th day of #MziaAmaglobeli's hunger strike.
Mzia's hunger strike was never about drawing attention to her health. From day one, she asked her lawyers to tell us not to focus on that.Her hunger strike is her response to the injustice,impunity,and state violence that she, like many others,has faced.
Mzia's hunger strike was never about drawing attention to her health. From day one, she asked her lawyers to tell us not to focus on that.Her hunger strike is her response to the injustice,impunity,and state violence that she, like many others,has faced.
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⭕️ On Feb 1, President Zourabichvili visited Batumelebi's editorial office, where she gave an in-depth interview to the outlet. Zourabichvili also met with the media team and was hosted by the now-infamous cat, News, the office resident of imprisoned journalist and media founder Mzia Amaglobeli.
February 3, 2025 at 9:20 AM
⭕️ On Feb 1, President Zourabichvili visited Batumelebi's editorial office, where she gave an in-depth interview to the outlet. Zourabichvili also met with the media team and was hosted by the now-infamous cat, News, the office resident of imprisoned journalist and media founder Mzia Amaglobeli.
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February 2, 2025 at 3:59 PM
#freeMziaAmaglobeli becomes #saveMziaAmaglobeli on the 18h day of her hungerstrike.
January 29, 2025 at 8:38 AM
#freeMziaAmaglobeli becomes #saveMziaAmaglobeli on the 18h day of her hungerstrike.
Over 300 journalists, editors, and media managers in #Georgia have issued a joint statement demanding the immediate release of prisoner of conscience Mzia Amaglobeli, the founder and CEO of the independent media outlets Batumelebi and Netgazeti.
#MediaUnderCrackdown #TerrorInGeorgia
#MediaUnderCrackdown #TerrorInGeorgia
January 27, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Over 300 journalists, editors, and media managers in #Georgia have issued a joint statement demanding the immediate release of prisoner of conscience Mzia Amaglobeli, the founder and CEO of the independent media outlets Batumelebi and Netgazeti.
#MediaUnderCrackdown #TerrorInGeorgia
#MediaUnderCrackdown #TerrorInGeorgia