🔴 Georgia’s imprisoned journalist & #SakharovPrize2025 laureate Mzia Amaglobeli was brought to the Kutaisi Court of Appeals.
🟥 Today the court begins hearing her case: the defense seeks to overturn her 2-year sentence, while prosecutors demand 4–7 years for “attacking a police officer.”
#FreeMzia
🟥 Today the court begins hearing her case: the defense seeks to overturn her 2-year sentence, while prosecutors demand 4–7 years for “attacking a police officer.”
#FreeMzia
November 11, 2025 at 10:15 AM
🔴 Georgia’s imprisoned journalist & #SakharovPrize2025 laureate Mzia Amaglobeli was brought to the Kutaisi Court of Appeals.
🟥 Today the court begins hearing her case: the defense seeks to overturn her 2-year sentence, while prosecutors demand 4–7 years for “attacking a police officer.”
#FreeMzia
🟥 Today the court begins hearing her case: the defense seeks to overturn her 2-year sentence, while prosecutors demand 4–7 years for “attacking a police officer.”
#FreeMzia
How likely is it that this would have happened if reps of the international community - diplomats or members of international organizations - had been present? It’s still a question. But one thing is certain: #FreeMzia needs continued support and constant reminders that the world is watching
🟥 Journalists, citizens, and friends who came to attend Mzia Amaglobeli’s appeal hearing in Kutaisi are being denied entry to the courthouse yard.
🟥 The session will be held in a small room with space for only 24 people.
#FreeMzia
#RepressionInGeorgia
#TerrorInGeorgia
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🟥 The session will be held in a small room with space for only 24 people.
#FreeMzia
#RepressionInGeorgia
#TerrorInGeorgia
1/2🧵
November 11, 2025 at 10:04 AM
How likely is it that this would have happened if reps of the international community - diplomats or members of international organizations - had been present? It’s still a question. But one thing is certain: #FreeMzia needs continued support and constant reminders that the world is watching
🟥The Court of Appeals starts hearing case of #SakharovPrize2025 laureate journalist Mzia Amaglobeli.
🟥The defense seeks to overturn her two-year sentence and clear her name, while the prosecution demands a harsher charge - attacking a police officer - with 4–7 years in prison.
#FreeMzia
🟥The defense seeks to overturn her two-year sentence and clear her name, while the prosecution demands a harsher charge - attacking a police officer - with 4–7 years in prison.
#FreeMzia
November 11, 2025 at 9:42 AM
🟥The Court of Appeals starts hearing case of #SakharovPrize2025 laureate journalist Mzia Amaglobeli.
🟥The defense seeks to overturn her two-year sentence and clear her name, while the prosecution demands a harsher charge - attacking a police officer - with 4–7 years in prison.
#FreeMzia
🟥The defense seeks to overturn her two-year sentence and clear her name, while the prosecution demands a harsher charge - attacking a police officer - with 4–7 years in prison.
#FreeMzia
🟥 Journalists, citizens, and friends who came to attend Mzia Amaglobeli’s appeal hearing in Kutaisi are being denied entry to the courthouse yard.
🟥 The session will be held in a small room with space for only 24 people.
#FreeMzia
#RepressionInGeorgia
#TerrorInGeorgia
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🟥 The session will be held in a small room with space for only 24 people.
#FreeMzia
#RepressionInGeorgia
#TerrorInGeorgia
1/2🧵
November 11, 2025 at 9:42 AM
🟥 Journalists, citizens, and friends who came to attend Mzia Amaglobeli’s appeal hearing in Kutaisi are being denied entry to the courthouse yard.
🟥 The session will be held in a small room with space for only 24 people.
#FreeMzia
#RepressionInGeorgia
#TerrorInGeorgia
1/2🧵
🟥 The session will be held in a small room with space for only 24 people.
#FreeMzia
#RepressionInGeorgia
#TerrorInGeorgia
1/2🧵
Today Georgian appeal court will start hearing #MziaAmaghlobeli 's case and meanwhile GD members already admit that they have sentenced her with political reasons
#GeorgiaProtests
#terroeinGeorgia
#freeMzia
#GeorgiaProtests
#terroeinGeorgia
#freeMzia
Member of the GD-led Parliament admits that the charges against journalist Mzia Amaglobeli are in fact politically motivated, and not about the so-called “slap, pain, or redness of the cheek.” 1/2
November 11, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Today Georgian appeal court will start hearing #MziaAmaghlobeli 's case and meanwhile GD members already admit that they have sentenced her with political reasons
#GeorgiaProtests
#terroeinGeorgia
#freeMzia
#GeorgiaProtests
#terroeinGeorgia
#freeMzia
🇬🇪 #Georgia: Today marks 300 days of unjust imprisonment of IPI member and World Press Freedom Hero Mzia Amaglobeli. IPI renews its call for her immediate release. #FreeMzia
Read more about Mzia’s work and her unjust imprisonment here👇
Read more about Mzia’s work and her unjust imprisonment here👇
Spotlight: Imprisoned Georgian journalist Mzia Amaglobeli named 2025 IPI-IMS World Press Freedom Hero
Mzia Amaglobeli is a symbol of resilience in the face of rising authoritarianism
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November 7, 2025 at 12:34 PM
On this International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists, let’s remember that a prominent and highly experienced Georgian journalist, media manager, and founder of free media Mzia Amaglobeli has been imprisoned for 295 days.
#FreeMzia
#FreeMzia
November 2, 2025 at 7:47 AM
On this International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists, let’s remember that a prominent and highly experienced Georgian journalist, media manager, and founder of free media Mzia Amaglobeli has been imprisoned for 295 days.
#FreeMzia
#FreeMzia
🟥The appellate court hearing in journalist Mzia Amaglobeli’s case, scheduled for October 28, has been postponed, with a new date yet to be confirmed.
#FreeMzia
#RepressionInGeorgia
#JournalismIsNotACrime
#FreeMzia
#RepressionInGeorgia
#JournalismIsNotACrime
October 27, 2025 at 10:28 AM
🟥The appellate court hearing in journalist Mzia Amaglobeli’s case, scheduled for October 28, has been postponed, with a new date yet to be confirmed.
#FreeMzia
#RepressionInGeorgia
#JournalismIsNotACrime
#FreeMzia
#RepressionInGeorgia
#JournalismIsNotACrime
🟥 Oct.24, Vienna — at the congress dedicated to the 75th anniversary of @globalfreemedia.bsky.social, imprisoned Georgian journalist Mzia Amaglobeli was honored with the World Press Freedom Hero Award.
🔴Georgian emigrants gathered in Vienna in support of Mzia and all political prisoners.
#FreeMzia
🔴Georgian emigrants gathered in Vienna in support of Mzia and all political prisoners.
#FreeMzia
October 25, 2025 at 5:33 AM
🟥 Oct.24, Vienna — at the congress dedicated to the 75th anniversary of @globalfreemedia.bsky.social, imprisoned Georgian journalist Mzia Amaglobeli was honored with the World Press Freedom Hero Award.
🔴Georgian emigrants gathered in Vienna in support of Mzia and all political prisoners.
#FreeMzia
🔴Georgian emigrants gathered in Vienna in support of Mzia and all political prisoners.
#FreeMzia
🟥 Oct 24, Vienna — On the 285th day of her unlawful imprisonment, Mzia Amaglobeli, founder of Batumelebi/Netgazeti, was honored with the 2025 World Press Freedom Hero Award alongside six other journalists. The award was accepted by Tamar Rukhadze, deputy director of the outlets.
#FreeMzia #Georgia
#FreeMzia #Georgia
მზია ამაღლობელს ავსტრიაში, ქალაქ ვენაში 2025 წლის მსოფლიო პრესის თავისუფლების გმირის ჯილდო გადაეცა
YouTube video by ბათუმელები / Batumelebi
youtu.be
October 25, 2025 at 5:29 AM
🇬🇪 As Georgian jailed journalist #Mzia Amaghlobeli has just been awarded the #Sakharov prize, you may wonder what is she been accused of.
📒 Read the complete kafikian story in this brilliant piece by @netgazeti.org's @irmadimitradze.bsky.social
#FreeMzia
voxeurop.eu/en/mzia-amag...
📒 Read the complete kafikian story in this brilliant piece by @netgazeti.org's @irmadimitradze.bsky.social
#FreeMzia
voxeurop.eu/en/mzia-amag...
Jailed for a slap, silenced for her reporting: Mzia Amaghlobeli flies the flag of Georgian journalism
Mzia Amaghlobeli is being detained since January. Her arrest is a warning shot against Georgia’s independent media. Her case reveals the erosion of press freedom under the foreign agents law—and a reg...
voxeurop.eu
October 23, 2025 at 2:37 PM
🇬🇪 As Georgian jailed journalist #Mzia Amaghlobeli has just been awarded the #Sakharov prize, you may wonder what is she been accused of.
📒 Read the complete kafikian story in this brilliant piece by @netgazeti.org's @irmadimitradze.bsky.social
#FreeMzia
voxeurop.eu/en/mzia-amag...
📒 Read the complete kafikian story in this brilliant piece by @netgazeti.org's @irmadimitradze.bsky.social
#FreeMzia
voxeurop.eu/en/mzia-amag...
Le prix Sakharov attribué à deux journalistes emprisonnés en Biélorussie et en #Géorgie rfi.my/C7OQ.BS
@netgazeti.org @rfi.fr
#FreeMzia
@netgazeti.org @rfi.fr
#FreeMzia
October 23, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Le prix Sakharov attribué à deux journalistes emprisonnés en Biélorussie et en #Géorgie rfi.my/C7OQ.BS
@netgazeti.org @rfi.fr
#FreeMzia
@netgazeti.org @rfi.fr
#FreeMzia
Today the European Parliament announced the winners of the Sakharov Prize: two brave, brilliant journalists in jail for their work- my client, Mzia Amaglobeli (Georgia) & Andrzej Poczobut (Belarus).
Congratulations to Mzia & Andrzej.
Now to #FreeMzia #FreeAndrzej
🇬🇪 🇧🇾 @netgazeti.org
My response:
Congratulations to Mzia & Andrzej.
Now to #FreeMzia #FreeAndrzej
🇬🇪 🇧🇾 @netgazeti.org
My response:
October 22, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Today the European Parliament announced the winners of the Sakharov Prize: two brave, brilliant journalists in jail for their work- my client, Mzia Amaglobeli (Georgia) & Andrzej Poczobut (Belarus).
Congratulations to Mzia & Andrzej.
Now to #FreeMzia #FreeAndrzej
🇬🇪 🇧🇾 @netgazeti.org
My response:
Congratulations to Mzia & Andrzej.
Now to #FreeMzia #FreeAndrzej
🇬🇪 🇧🇾 @netgazeti.org
My response:
More than deserved. Now #FreeAndrzej and #FreeMzia!
Imprisoned journalists Andrzej Poczobut from Belarus and Mzia Amaglobeli from Georgia have been awarded the European Parliament's 2025 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought.
October 22, 2025 at 12:58 PM
More than deserved. Now #FreeAndrzej and #FreeMzia!
Heute senden wir ganz viel Liebe zurück aus 🇪🇺 nach 🇬🇪. Mzia gehört in Freiheit und Georgien in die EU.
#FreeMzia #StandWithGeorgia
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#FreeMzia #StandWithGeorgia
(2/2)
October 22, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Heute senden wir ganz viel Liebe zurück aus 🇪🇺 nach 🇬🇪. Mzia gehört in Freiheit und Georgien in die EU.
#FreeMzia #StandWithGeorgia
(2/2)
#FreeMzia #StandWithGeorgia
(2/2)
I just wanted to share this here as it was my appeal to the @europarl.europa.eu earlier this week when we spoke about Mzia and Georgia’s resistance movement.
#FreeMzia #GeorgiaProtests
#FreeMzia #GeorgiaProtests
Irma Dimitradze to the EP about Mzia Amaglobeli
YouTube video by Irma Dimitradze
youtu.be
October 16, 2025 at 8:59 PM
I just wanted to share this here as it was my appeal to the @europarl.europa.eu earlier this week when we spoke about Mzia and Georgia’s resistance movement.
#FreeMzia #GeorgiaProtests
#FreeMzia #GeorgiaProtests
⭕️ Georgia’s imprisoned journalist Mzia Amaglobeli jointly shortlisted for the 2025 Sakharov Prize together with Belarus’s Andrzej Poczobut. (1/2)
#FreeMzia #GeorgiaProtests #RepressionInGeorgia #TerrorInGeorgia #JournalismIsNotACrime #Sakharov
#FreeMzia #GeorgiaProtests #RepressionInGeorgia #TerrorInGeorgia #JournalismIsNotACrime #Sakharov
October 16, 2025 at 9:40 AM
⭕️ Georgia’s imprisoned journalist Mzia Amaglobeli jointly shortlisted for the 2025 Sakharov Prize together with Belarus’s Andrzej Poczobut. (1/2)
#FreeMzia #GeorgiaProtests #RepressionInGeorgia #TerrorInGeorgia #JournalismIsNotACrime #Sakharov
#FreeMzia #GeorgiaProtests #RepressionInGeorgia #TerrorInGeorgia #JournalismIsNotACrime #Sakharov
With this award, we honour Mzia’s fearless commitment to investigative journalism and press freedom in the face of extreme government pressure, and renew our demands for her immediate release. #FreeMzia
Read more about Mzia 👇
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Read more about Mzia 👇
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October 15, 2025 at 5:36 PM
With this award, we honour Mzia’s fearless commitment to investigative journalism and press freedom in the face of extreme government pressure, and renew our demands for her immediate release. #FreeMzia
Read more about Mzia 👇
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Read more about Mzia 👇
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🔴When your country and freedom are at stake, you don’t calculate chances - you fight.
That’s what we are doing.
We need support in this fight, not measurement of our chances.
✊My first visit to EP came with a wish - that the promise I made there is fulfilled sooner than anyone can imagine: #FreeMzia
That’s what we are doing.
We need support in this fight, not measurement of our chances.
✊My first visit to EP came with a wish - that the promise I made there is fulfilled sooner than anyone can imagine: #FreeMzia
October 15, 2025 at 2:57 PM
🔴When your country and freedom are at stake, you don’t calculate chances - you fight.
That’s what we are doing.
We need support in this fight, not measurement of our chances.
✊My first visit to EP came with a wish - that the promise I made there is fulfilled sooner than anyone can imagine: #FreeMzia
That’s what we are doing.
We need support in this fight, not measurement of our chances.
✊My first visit to EP came with a wish - that the promise I made there is fulfilled sooner than anyone can imagine: #FreeMzia
🇬🇪 #Georgia: IPI’s Europe advocacy team attended the event “Freedom Behind Bars: Standing with Mzia Amaglobeli and Georgian Defenders of Human Rights” at the @Europarl_EN endorsed by IPI and #MFRR.
#FreeMzia
Watch the event recording here 👉 buff.ly/1J7NWsk
#FreeMzia
Watch the event recording here 👉 buff.ly/1J7NWsk
October 14, 2025 at 7:54 PM
🇬🇪 #Georgia: IPI’s Europe advocacy team attended the event “Freedom Behind Bars: Standing with Mzia Amaglobeli and Georgian Defenders of Human Rights” at the @Europarl_EN endorsed by IPI and #MFRR.
#FreeMzia
Watch the event recording here 👉 buff.ly/1J7NWsk
#FreeMzia
Watch the event recording here 👉 buff.ly/1J7NWsk
Today we are in the European Parliament to discuss the urgent case of my client, #MziaAmaglobeli, & the crackdown on media & the pro-democracy movement in #Georgia.
Thank you to all the MEPs who are supporting Mzia, her colleagues, the Georgian people, & who are calling for action now to #FreeMzia.
Thank you to all the MEPs who are supporting Mzia, her colleagues, the Georgian people, & who are calling for action now to #FreeMzia.
October 14, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Today we are in the European Parliament to discuss the urgent case of my client, #MziaAmaglobeli, & the crackdown on media & the pro-democracy movement in #Georgia.
Thank you to all the MEPs who are supporting Mzia, her colleagues, the Georgian people, & who are calling for action now to #FreeMzia.
Thank you to all the MEPs who are supporting Mzia, her colleagues, the Georgian people, & who are calling for action now to #FreeMzia.
Freedom Behind Bars — Standing with @MziaAmaglobeli and Georgia’s pro-democratic movement.
Tomorrow 02:30pm live from the @europarl.europa.eu
#FreeMzia #Georgia #PressFreedom #Europe
🔴 Watch live: youtube.com/@batumelebinews
Tomorrow 02:30pm live from the @europarl.europa.eu
#FreeMzia #Georgia #PressFreedom #Europe
🔴 Watch live: youtube.com/@batumelebinews
October 13, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Freedom Behind Bars — Standing with @MziaAmaglobeli and Georgia’s pro-democratic movement.
Tomorrow 02:30pm live from the @europarl.europa.eu
#FreeMzia #Georgia #PressFreedom #Europe
🔴 Watch live: youtube.com/@batumelebinews
Tomorrow 02:30pm live from the @europarl.europa.eu
#FreeMzia #Georgia #PressFreedom #Europe
🔴 Watch live: youtube.com/@batumelebinews
⭕️Georgian Dream held a special briefing devoted to journalist Mzia Amaglobeli receiving the 2025 IPI–IMS World Press Freedom Hero Award.
⭕️"A continuation of the unfair political attitude toward our country," - GD complained.
#FreeMzia
#JournalismIsNotACrime
batumelebi.netgazeti.ge/articles-in-...
⭕️"A continuation of the unfair political attitude toward our country," - GD complained.
#FreeMzia
#JournalismIsNotACrime
batumelebi.netgazeti.ge/articles-in-...
October 10, 2025 at 1:12 PM
⭕️Georgian Dream held a special briefing devoted to journalist Mzia Amaglobeli receiving the 2025 IPI–IMS World Press Freedom Hero Award.
⭕️"A continuation of the unfair political attitude toward our country," - GD complained.
#FreeMzia
#JournalismIsNotACrime
batumelebi.netgazeti.ge/articles-in-...
⭕️"A continuation of the unfair political attitude toward our country," - GD complained.
#FreeMzia
#JournalismIsNotACrime
batumelebi.netgazeti.ge/articles-in-...
Fully deserved. Let's hope it will shorten her detention. #FreeMzia
1/ The founder of Batumelebi/Netgazeti, Mzia Amaglobeli, has been named the recipient of the World Press Freedom Hero Award. The award is established by the International Press Institute (IPI-IMS). A total of seven journalists have been named as recipients of the 2025 award.
October 10, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Fully deserved. Let's hope it will shorten her detention. #FreeMzia