Mzia Amaghlobeli, a jailed Georgian journalist and founder of the Batumelebi and Netgazeti online media outlets, has been awarded the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, alongside Belarusian journalist Andrzej Poczobut.
Mzia Amaghlobeli Awarded Sakharov Prize - Civil Georgia
Mzia Amaghlobeli, a jailed Georgian journalist and founder of the Batumelebi and Netgazeti online me
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October 22, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Mzia Amaghlobeli, a jailed Georgian journalist and founder of the Batumelebi and Netgazeti online media outlets, has been awarded the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, alongside Belarusian journalist Andrzej Poczobut.
⭕️Founder and CEO of Gazeti Batumelebi, an independent media organization operating the online outlets Netgazeti and Batumelebi, Mzia Amaglobeli, has been arrested for the second time within approximately two hours, in #Batumi.
#GeorgiaProtests
#GeorgiaProtests
January 11, 2025 at 9:21 PM
⭕️Founder and CEO of Gazeti Batumelebi, an independent media organization operating the online outlets Netgazeti and Batumelebi, Mzia Amaglobeli, has been arrested for the second time within approximately two hours, in #Batumi.
#GeorgiaProtests
#GeorgiaProtests
Daily #GeorgiaProtests continue across the country despite horrible weather. This is Batumi.
📷 Batumelebi
📷 Batumelebi
February 21, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Daily #GeorgiaProtests continue across the country despite horrible weather. This is Batumi.
📷 Batumelebi
📷 Batumelebi
Four detainees of this evening have been released, including Mzia Amaglobeli the director of Batumelebi news agency.
They will probably face fines though.
They will probably face fines though.
January 11, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Four detainees of this evening have been released, including Mzia Amaglobeli the director of Batumelebi news agency.
They will probably face fines though.
They will probably face fines though.
Mzia Amaglobeli, the imprisoned founder of independent Georgian media Batumelebi/Netgazeti, and Belarusian journalist Andrzej Poczobut, who is also jailed, have received the Sakharov Prize.
October 22, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Mzia Amaglobeli, the imprisoned founder of independent Georgian media Batumelebi/Netgazeti, and Belarusian journalist Andrzej Poczobut, who is also jailed, have received the Sakharov Prize.
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 9:55 AM
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.
It’s been 33 years.
“russian occupiers time to pack!” says the banner
📸Batumelebi
“russian occupiers time to pack!” says the banner
📸Batumelebi
August 14, 2025 at 5:20 PM
It’s been 33 years.
“russian occupiers time to pack!” says the banner
📸Batumelebi
“russian occupiers time to pack!” says the banner
📸Batumelebi
“I will not accept the regime’s agenda. I am on hunger strike. The value of freedom is higher than life” — Today marks the 17th day of the hunger strike and unlawful arrest of Mzia Amaghlobeli, the head of Georgian regional media outlets Batumelebi and Netgazeti.
January 28, 2025 at 9:22 AM
“I will not accept the regime’s agenda. I am on hunger strike. The value of freedom is higher than life” — Today marks the 17th day of the hunger strike and unlawful arrest of Mzia Amaghlobeli, the head of Georgian regional media outlets Batumelebi and Netgazeti.
⭕️ Mzia Amaghlobeli, Founder & CEO of Gazeti Batumelebi - operating two independent media outlets Netgazeti and Batumelebi, was arrested outside the #Batumi Police Main Department while demonstratively putting up a poster - the same action for which 9 others have been arrested today.
#GeorgiaProtests
#GeorgiaProtests
January 11, 2025 at 7:17 PM
⭕️ Mzia Amaghlobeli, Founder & CEO of Gazeti Batumelebi - operating two independent media outlets Netgazeti and Batumelebi, was arrested outside the #Batumi Police Main Department while demonstratively putting up a poster - the same action for which 9 others have been arrested today.
#GeorgiaProtests
#GeorgiaProtests
February 15, 2025 at 3:52 PM
President Salome Zourabichvili is there, too.
📷 Batumelebi
📷 Batumelebi
August 1, 2025 at 9:03 AM
President Salome Zourabichvili is there, too.
📷 Batumelebi
📷 Batumelebi
Today’s #GeorgiaProtests march is dedicated to the imprisoned journalist Mzia Amaglobeli.
The founder and editor of Batumelebi and Netgazeti, and a Sakharov Prize laureate, Mzia Amaglobeli has been behind bars for exactly one year.
The founder and editor of Batumelebi and Netgazeti, and a Sakharov Prize laureate, Mzia Amaglobeli has been behind bars for exactly one year.
January 12, 2026 at 5:28 PM
Today’s #GeorgiaProtests march is dedicated to the imprisoned journalist Mzia Amaglobeli.
The founder and editor of Batumelebi and Netgazeti, and a Sakharov Prize laureate, Mzia Amaglobeli has been behind bars for exactly one year.
The founder and editor of Batumelebi and Netgazeti, and a Sakharov Prize laureate, Mzia Amaglobeli has been behind bars for exactly one year.
The European Court of Human Rights has begun examining the complaint filed by Mzia Amaglobeli, founder of Batumelebi and Netgazeti.
June 26, 2025 at 1:29 PM
The European Court of Human Rights has begun examining the complaint filed by Mzia Amaglobeli, founder of Batumelebi and Netgazeti.
1/ Mzia Amaglobeli — journalist and a founder-director of the newspaper Batumelebi and the online platform Netgazeti — was arrested on allegations of assaulting a police officer.
April 22, 2025 at 10:39 AM
1/ Mzia Amaglobeli — journalist and a founder-director of the newspaper Batumelebi and the online platform Netgazeti — was arrested on allegations of assaulting a police officer.
📢 Media Advocacy Coalition honored Eter Turadze, co-founder of the independent 🇬🇪media organization Gazeti Batumelebi, for her contributions to journalism, media freedom, and democratic values.
⭕️ Founded in 2001, Gazeti Batumelebi now operates two online outlets: netgazeti.ge & Batumelebi.ge
⭕️ Founded in 2001, Gazeti Batumelebi now operates two online outlets: netgazeti.ge & Batumelebi.ge
December 28, 2024 at 8:40 PM
📢 Media Advocacy Coalition honored Eter Turadze, co-founder of the independent 🇬🇪media organization Gazeti Batumelebi, for her contributions to journalism, media freedom, and democratic values.
⭕️ Founded in 2001, Gazeti Batumelebi now operates two online outlets: netgazeti.ge & Batumelebi.ge
⭕️ Founded in 2001, Gazeti Batumelebi now operates two online outlets: netgazeti.ge & Batumelebi.ge
Batumelebi holds a special place in my heart. It was where, at just 16, I began my journey in media as part of a media literacy project. I later wrote articles for Batumelebi - the first to carry my byline - and I was overjoyed! Then I continued my career in Netgazeti.
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@eturadze.bsky.social about the prosecutor's official charge against Mzia Amaglobeli:
🗣️"This was not an act of violence against a police officer, as Mzia didn't approach Officer Dgebuadze; rather, it was Dgebuadze who aggressively approached Mzia Amaglobeli, shouting curses.
@eturadze.bsky.social about the prosecutor's official charge against Mzia Amaglobeli:
🗣️"This was not an act of violence against a police officer, as Mzia didn't approach Officer Dgebuadze; rather, it was Dgebuadze who aggressively approached Mzia Amaglobeli, shouting curses.
January 14, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Batumelebi holds a special place in my heart. It was where, at just 16, I began my journey in media as part of a media literacy project. I later wrote articles for Batumelebi - the first to carry my byline - and I was overjoyed! Then I continued my career in Netgazeti.
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⭕️On July 4, the Batumi City Court is holding a hearing in the criminal case against Mzia Amaglobeli - journalist, CEO and co-founder of Batumelebi and Netgazeti.
Today, the defense witness being questioned is @eturadze.bsky.social, editor-in-chief of Batumelebi.
#RepressionInGeorgia
Today, the defense witness being questioned is @eturadze.bsky.social, editor-in-chief of Batumelebi.
#RepressionInGeorgia
July 4, 2025 at 12:36 PM
⭕️On July 4, the Batumi City Court is holding a hearing in the criminal case against Mzia Amaglobeli - journalist, CEO and co-founder of Batumelebi and Netgazeti.
Today, the defense witness being questioned is @eturadze.bsky.social, editor-in-chief of Batumelebi.
#RepressionInGeorgia
Today, the defense witness being questioned is @eturadze.bsky.social, editor-in-chief of Batumelebi.
#RepressionInGeorgia
Watch as the regime police use force to arrest protesters in Batumi. Activists report at least ten arrests, while local media Batumelebi confirms five. #GeorgiaProtests #terrorinGeorgia
January 11, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Watch as the regime police use force to arrest protesters in Batumi. Activists report at least ten arrests, while local media Batumelebi confirms five. #GeorgiaProtests #terrorinGeorgia
#Georgia: the @efjeurope.bsky.social demands the immediate release of the director of news outlets Batumelebi and Netgazeti, Mzia Amaglobeli. We call on the judiciary authorities to urgently investigate her illegal detention.
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Batumelebi and Netgazeti founder detained on criminal charges
Mzia Amaghlobeli was accused of attacking a police officer in Batumi, western Georgia.
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January 13, 2025 at 5:38 PM
#Georgia: the @efjeurope.bsky.social demands the immediate release of the director of news outlets Batumelebi and Netgazeti, Mzia Amaglobeli. We call on the judiciary authorities to urgently investigate her illegal detention.
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🗣️ 🇩🇪Ambassador to Georgia, Peter Fischer, about Mzia Amglobeli’s case and free media.
On May 16, the ambassadors of Germany, Estonia and Sweden to #Georgia attended the court hearing of journalist and founder of Batumelebi/Netgazeti, Mzia Amaglobeli, at the Batumi City Court.
#RepressionUnderAttack
On May 16, the ambassadors of Germany, Estonia and Sweden to #Georgia attended the court hearing of journalist and founder of Batumelebi/Netgazeti, Mzia Amaglobeli, at the Batumi City Court.
#RepressionUnderAttack
მე არ ვცდილობ, ვიყო არც ქართველი მოსამართლე, არც პროკურორი - გერმანიის ელჩი მზია ამაღლობელის საქმეზე
YouTube video by ბათუმელები / Batumelebi
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May 19, 2025 at 2:42 PM
🗣️ 🇩🇪Ambassador to Georgia, Peter Fischer, about Mzia Amglobeli’s case and free media.
On May 16, the ambassadors of Germany, Estonia and Sweden to #Georgia attended the court hearing of journalist and founder of Batumelebi/Netgazeti, Mzia Amaglobeli, at the Batumi City Court.
#RepressionUnderAttack
On May 16, the ambassadors of Germany, Estonia and Sweden to #Georgia attended the court hearing of journalist and founder of Batumelebi/Netgazeti, Mzia Amaglobeli, at the Batumi City Court.
#RepressionUnderAttack
1/ MEPs expressed solidarity with Mzia Amaglobeli, the founder of "Batumelebi" and "Netgazeti", as well as with other political prisoners.
June 18, 2025 at 10:23 AM
1/ MEPs expressed solidarity with Mzia Amaglobeli, the founder of "Batumelebi" and "Netgazeti", as well as with other political prisoners.
Protest have begun in Batumi after 10 arrests yesterday and will last all day. People are arriving from Tbilisi too. It’s likely to get tense. The public seems particularly outraged by 4-7 years facing Mzia Amaglobeli, the director of Batumelebi/Netgazeti. #GeorgiaProtests
January 12, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Protest have begun in Batumi after 10 arrests yesterday and will last all day. People are arriving from Tbilisi too. It’s likely to get tense. The public seems particularly outraged by 4-7 years facing Mzia Amaglobeli, the director of Batumelebi/Netgazeti. #GeorgiaProtests
"Freedom for Mzia Amaghlobeli" – a supportive banner was displayed from Dry Bridge in support of the director of Batumelebi.
#TerrorinGeorgia
#TerrorinGeorgia
January 18, 2025 at 4:24 PM
"Freedom for Mzia Amaghlobeli" – a supportive banner was displayed from Dry Bridge in support of the director of Batumelebi.
#TerrorinGeorgia
#TerrorinGeorgia
🗣️"European Union, everyone around the world, please, support us in our fight for freedom!" Irina from #GeorgiaProtests: Why people in #Georgia are taking to the streets
#GeorgiaProtests: Why people in #Georgia are taking to the streets
YouTube video by ბათუმელები / Batumelebi
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December 13, 2024 at 5:25 PM
🗣️"European Union, everyone around the world, please, support us in our fight for freedom!" Irina from #GeorgiaProtests: Why people in #Georgia are taking to the streets