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Irma Dimitrdze
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Journalist from Georgia | @netgazeti.org
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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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🇬🇪 Where does #Georgia stand? Is there still hope of returning to the path of the EU & democracy? Will journalist #Mzia Amaghlobeli be released soon?
🎙️ We'll discuss this & more w/ @irmadimitradze.bsky.social & @hansgutbrod.bsky.social
📆 22 Dec 12:30pm CET.
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Live | Have we lost Georgia already?
Where does the country stand today? Is there still hope of returning to the path of the European Union and democracy? These questions and more will be discussed with Irma Dimitradze, and Hans Gutbrot ...
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December 18, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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Mzia Amaglobeli’s representative accepted the Sakharov Prize, the European Union’s highest human rights award, at the European Parliament. Georgian journalist Mzia Amaglobeli remains unlawfully imprisoned.
December 16, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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⭕️ Honored to represent Mzia, #SakharovPrize2025 laureate, at the joint AFET & DEVE meeting in the EP. Laureates who never left prison alive were mentioned.
✊My message: be brave like Andrzej, like Mzia and make sure that history doesn’t repeat itself.

#FreeMzia #FreeAndrzej #JournalismIsNotACrime
December 15, 2025 at 10:04 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 •
batumelebi.netgazeti.ge
November 28, 2025 at 7:32 AM
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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
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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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I’ve been preparing myself for the worst, yet I am still not ready for the possibility that the appellate court might rule in favor of the prosecutor’s appeal and worsen the already unlawful charges.. yet it is a possibility

#FreeMzia
netgazeti.org Batumelebi&Netgazeti @netgazeti.org · Nov 18
🗣️“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 •
batumelebi.netgazeti.ge
November 18, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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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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🔴 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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🟥 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
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🔴 On Nov.18, the 2nd appellate hearing concluded in the case of Georgia’s imprisoned journalist Mzia Amaglobeli.

💢 The prosecutor presented a forensic report on Amaglobeli’s phone - after 9 months - which found no evidence of a “pre-planned attack".

#FreeMzia
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November 14, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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🗣️ “This case has no connection to law or justice — neither to the qualification of the prosecutor’s charges nor to Judge Sakhelashvili’s verdict. My imprisonment is a political decision of the regime,” said Mzia Amaglobeli.

#FreeMzia
#RepressionsInGeorgia
#JournalismIsNotACrime
Mzia Amaglobeli: “This Case Has No Connection to Law or Justice — My Imprisonment Is a Political Decision of the Regime” - Batumelebi
Mzia Amaglobeli • Press Freedom • Repression In Georgia •
batumelebi.netgazeti.ge
November 11, 2025 at 3:37 PM
irmadimitradze.bsky.social
🗣️ "Fight before it's too late. Freedom is more valuable than life itself," - Mzia continues to stand for what she has called for! She is still standing, standing high, refusing to take a sit, to bow the regime, to reconcile with injustice!

#FreeMzia #JournalismIsNotACrime #RepressionsInGeorgia
netgazeti.org Batumelebi&Netgazeti @netgazeti.org · Nov 11
🟥 At Kutaisi Court of Appeals, #SakharovPrize2025 laureate Mzia Amaglobeli’s defense challenged Judge Nino Sakhelashvili, previously sanctioned for ordering her pre-trial detention, during which she lost most of her eyesight.

🟥 Amaglobeli’s comment: “Sanctions! As many as possible!”
#FreeMzia
November 11, 2025 at 12:01 PM
irmadimitradze.bsky.social
I am so incredibly proud of this woman! She embodies a graceful, unbroken, and principled fight for justice. We must remember to "fight before it’s too late" for freedoms that should never be taken for granted.

#FreeMzia #JournalismIsNotACrime #Georgia
netgazeti.org Batumelebi&Netgazeti @netgazeti.org · Nov 11
🔴 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
November 11, 2025 at 10:33 AM
irmadimitradze.bsky.social
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
netgazeti.org Batumelebi&Netgazeti @netgazeti.org · Nov 11
🟥 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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November 11, 2025 at 10:04 AM
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The baseline, I think, is having contributed to the sanctioning of - as the Prosecutor’s Office announced -"approximately 300 Georgian citizens".

With love for Georgia and in the best national interests of the country, I must say: #SanctionTheOligarch to end #TerrorInGeorgia
November 6, 2025 at 11:32 AM
irmadimitradze.bsky.social
🚨‼️YOU ABSOLUTELY NEED TO READ THIS ARTICLE:👇

“When the mothers of other prisoners started carrying banners with photos of their sons, Tsaro made her own banners for Archil. She says she was nervous at first, because she didn’t know how the other mothers would react”.

#GeorgiaProtests
The orphan who found a mother from behind bars in Georgia’s struggle for democracy
When 30-year-old Archil Museliantsi was jailed, a stranger who met him on the streets took it upon herself to become the mother he never had.
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November 4, 2025 at 4:38 PM
irmadimitradze.bsky.social
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🟥 “Two people from this photo were murdered by Russians -the third was arrested last night.”

Among those detained in last night’s arrests was journalist Leila Tsomaia.
Shortly after the news spread, two photos from her past began circulating online.

#RepressionInGeorgia
#GeorgiaProtests
November 4, 2025 at 8:30 AM
irmadimitradze.bsky.social
Arrests have become routine in #Georgia - so frequent it’s hard to keep track. A few days of detention now feel as common as a COVID diagnosis once did: inevitable, frightening, and especially dangerous for the vulnerable.

#RepressionInGeorgia #TerrorInGeorgia
netgazeti.org Batumelebi&Netgazeti @netgazeti.org · Nov 3
🟥 During the night of Nov 3 in #Tbilisi, journalist for Media Checker Ninia Kakabadze was arrested.

According to witnesses, she was clearly identified as press and performing her journalistic duties at today’s protest.

©️ Photo by @publikage.bsky.social; Nov 3 protest.

#GeorgiaProtests
November 3, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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🟥 During the night of Nov 3 in #Tbilisi, journalist for Media Checker Ninia Kakabadze was arrested.

According to witnesses, she was clearly identified as press and performing her journalistic duties at today’s protest.

©️ Photo by @publikage.bsky.social; Nov 3 protest.

#GeorgiaProtests
November 3, 2025 at 8:21 PM