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🚨One year since journalist Mzia Amaglobeli was jailed.
Today people marched in #Tbilisi demanding her freedom.

2025 Sakharov Prize laureate, Georgia’s first female journalist prisoner of conscience is sentenced to 2 years on trumped up charges. There are over 100 prisoners of conscience in #Georgia
January 12, 2026 at 9:02 PM
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⭕ The Prosecutor’s Office of #Georgia has reached a plea agreement with Irakli Garibashvili, under which the former prime minister has been sentenced to five years in prison.

As an additional penalty, he has been fined 1 million lari.
January 12, 2026 at 12:51 PM
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🚨As Jan 11–12 marks one year since the unlawful imprisonment of Georgian journalist and Sakharov Prize 2025 laureate Mzia Amaglobeli, her friends and colleagues have gathered outside the prison in solidarity, demanding her immediate and unconditional release.

#FreeMzia #FreePoliticalPrisoners
January 11, 2026 at 5:22 PM
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🟥 Three former Georgian defense ministers are in jail: Irakli Okruashvili (2004–2006), Bacho Akhalaia (2009–2012), and Juansher Burchuladze (2021–2024)

⭕️ Irakli Garibashvili (2019–2021) is charged but out on bail; Davit Kezerashvili (2006–2008) was sentenced in absentia and remains wanted.
#Georgia
December 26, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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🟢 Ex-Defense Minister Bacho Akhalaia, who served a nine-year prison sentence under the GD rule, is arrested again.

🔴 The SSSG says the investigative authorities consider him the “main organizer” of the October 4 events.

🟢 What we know👇

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#GeorgiaProtests
December 26, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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🟥 Two political prisoners, known for carrying EU flags, have been on hunger strike in prison for over 40 and 50 days, protesting Georgia’s anti-European turn.

🟥 Meanwhile, #Tbilisi glitters with holiday lights under the slogan “A City Full of Kindness.”

#GeorgiaProtests
#RepressionInGeorgia
Political Prisoners Starve in Protest Against Georgia’s Anti-European Turn as Tbilisi Celebrates the Holidays - Batumelebi
Georgia Protests • Repression In Georgia •
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December 26, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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🟥Georgia’s first court case over a sidewalk protest has started, with the hearing postponed to January 9. The new repressive amendments, introduced to curb #GeorgiaProtests, make protesting on sidewalks punishable by up to 15 days of administrative detention.
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December 25, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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⭕️The case of jailed Georgian journalist and #SakharovPrize2025 laureate Mzia Amaglobeli has reached the Supreme Court. Her lawyers say she was denied a fair trial at every stage and are seeking to overturn the conviction.
#FreeMzia #RepressionInGeorgia
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December 25, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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🔴 Since December 23, more than ten citizens have been summoned to court on allegations of blocking pedestrian movement. Most hearings are scheduled for December 25–26.

#GeorgiaProtests
#RepressionInGeorgia

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Detention for Sidewalk Protests: Georgian Dream Enforces New Amendments to Assembly Law - Batumelebi
Georgia Protests • Repression In Georgia •
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December 24, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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🟥Former State Security Service chief Grigol Liluashvili has been arrested on corruption charges, prosecutors say. He is accused of accepting millions of dollars in bribes between 2021 and 2023.

#Georgia

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December 23, 2025 at 8:12 AM
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🇪🇺 at the #SakharovPrize2025 ceremony in @europarl.europa.eu representatives of laureates — journalists Mzia Amaglobeli and Andrzej Poczobut, unlawfully imprisoned in #Georgia & #Belarus — delivered speeches.
Batumelebi journalist Irma Dimitradze read Amaglobeli’s speech written in prison.
#FreeMzia
Irma Dimitradze read Mzia Amaglobeli's speech in the EU Parliament - Sakharov Prize award ceremony
YouTube video by ბათუმელები / Batumelebi
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December 18, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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🟥 GYLA says the prison administration will finally allow Mzia Amaglobeli to have eye tests at a clinic she selected.

Her eyesight has sharply worsened during 11 months of unlawful detention. GYLA recently published her medical history:

➡️https://batumelebi.ge/articles-in-english/598217/

#FreeMzia
December 9, 2025 at 7:48 AM
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“Mzia Amaglobeli’s vision has significantly worsened since she was placed in the penitentiary facility, reaching an alarming level.

Despite numerous requests, she has not received the medical examinations needed to plan her treatment,” reports GYLA.
#FreeMzia
#JournalismIsNotAcrime
“Mzia Amaglobeli Deprived of Necessary Medical Care in Detention” – GYLA Demands Immediate Intervention - Batumelebi
Mzia Amaglobeli • Press Freedom • Repression In Georgia •
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November 28, 2025 at 7:32 AM
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🟥 On the night of November 19, police detained up to 15 people during the daily #GeorgiaProtest in #Tbilisi.

🟥 Today, protesters marched in support of 21-year-old musician and prisoner of conscience Mate Devidze, jailed a year ago and sentenced to 4.5 years.

#RepressionsInGeorgia
November 19, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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⭕️On November 18, the Kutaisi Court of Appeals upheld the Batumi City Court’s verdict sentencing Mzia Amaglobeli to two years in prison.

The decision will be appealed to the Supreme Court of #Georgia.

#FreeMzia #RepressionInGeorgia
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November 18, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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After the Kutaisi Court of Appeals announced that it was upholding journalist Mzia Amaglobeli’s two-year prison sentence, the penitentiary convoy transported her back to Rustavi Prison.

#FreeMzia
Video: Media Checker & Batumelebi
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November 18, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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🗣️"For us all in this courtroom today, dignity lies in protecting the Constitution of Georgia. Therefore, I call on everyone to fight before it is too late. Because we have an obligation to protect the Constitution. Fight to the end!, " - Journalist Mzia Amaglobeli at the appellate hearing.
#FreeMzia
"I'm not afraid of imprisonment, I am afraid of what I will find outside - will I find a country conquered by the Russia without a tank?!" - Batumelebi
Mzia Amaglobeli • Repression In Georgia •
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November 18, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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🗣️"Mzia is a prisoner of conscience and a prisoner of conscience cannot be guilty', - At the end of her 5-hour speech, lawyer Maia Mtsariashvili concluded her closing statement.

⭕️Court takes a 30-minutes-long break to consider its ruling and will get back with a verdict.

#FreeMzia
"I Demand Acquittal, Not Pardon": Defence Concludes Five-Hour Closing Statement - Batumelebi
Mzia Amaglobeli • Press Freedom • Repression In Georgia •
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November 18, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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🗣️ At Mzia Amaglobeli’s appellate hearing, lawyer Maia Mtsariashvili highlighted her integrity and lack of influence, urging the court to decide if Georgia is truly a rule-of-law state.

#FreeMzia
#RepressionsInGeorgia
“When a Citizen Is a Prisoner of Conscience: Is Georgia a True Rule-of-Law State?” – Closing Statement of Amaglobeli’s Defence - Batumelebi
Mzia Amaglobeli • Press Freedom • Repression In Georgia •
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November 18, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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🗣️“This is a case of systemic illegality, systemic violence. ..., a case of whitewashing the system’s unlawful actions,”said Maia Mtsariashvili today during Mzia Amaglobeli’s hearing at the Kutaisi Court of Appeals.

⭕️ Her lawyer is currently delivering the closing argument.
#FreeMzia
#Georgia
“This Is a Case of Systemic Illegality and Violence”: Amaglobeli’s Defence Delivers Closing Statement at Appellate Court - Batumelebi
Mzia Amaglobeli • Press Freedom • Repression In Georgia •
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November 18, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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🔴 Georgia’s imprisoned journalist and 2025 #SakharovPrize laureate, Mzia Amaglobeli, has been brought to the Kutaisi Court of Appeals on the 311th day of her unlawful imprisonment.
🟥 On 18 November, the Kutaisi Court of Appeals is expected to deliver its verdict in Mzia Amaglobeli’s case.
#FreeMzia
November 18, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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🟥Zaza Shatirishvili, a speaker affiliated with Bidzina Ivanishvili - a Russia-enriched oligarch and Georgia’s strongman - is calling U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance a representative of the “deep state.”

#Georgia
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Ivanishvili-Affiliated Speaker Calls U.S. Vice President JD Vance a “Deep State” Representative - Batumelebi
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November 17, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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🟥Georgian Dream announces major government shake-up: Anti-Corruption Bureau and Personal Data Protection Service will be abolished and merged into the State Audit Office from 2 March 2026. Business Ombudsman moves under the Ministry of Economy from 1 January 2026.
#Georgia
Georgian Dream Announces Plans to Abolish Anti-Corruption Bureau, Personal Data Protection Service and Business Ombudsman - Batumelebi
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November 17, 2025 at 10:53 AM
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🟥 Georgian citizens will no longer be able to vote from abroad in parliamentary elections - Georgian Dream plans to introduce corresponding amendments to the Election Code.

#RepressionInGeorgia
#Georgia
#GeorgiaProtests
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November 17, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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🟥 A day before the final appellate hearing of imprisoned journalist Mzia Amaglobeli, GYLA announces about filing a new application with @echr.coe.int on her behalf.
🟥 The case concerns her unlawful administrative arrest and violations committed during the proceedings.
#FreeMzia
#RepressionInGeorgia
Another Application Concerning Violations of the Rights of Mzia Amaglobeli has been Lodged before the Strasbourg Court - Batumelebi
Mzia Amaglobeli • Press Freedom • Repression In Georgia •
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November 17, 2025 at 8:25 AM