Adjaria

• March 19, 2025 22:24

  Georgian journalist Amaglobeli fined for insulting policeman

  A judge has obliged Mziya Amaglobeli, the founder of “Batumelebi” and “Netgazeti” outlets, to pay a fine within an administrative case of insulting a police officer. At the hearing on the criminal case of the attack on the police officer, the journalist's defence demanded to challenge the judge, but the motion was dismissed.

• February 17, 2025 22:38

  Journalists treat their colleague Amaglobeli’s arrest as attempt to intimidate independent media

  An action in front of the “Vivamed” Clinic, where Mziya Amaglobeli, the founder of the “Batumelebi” and “Netgazeti” outlets, is kept for treatment, was organized by the journalists, who treat their colleague’s arrest as an attempt to harass independent media.

• January 31, 2025 22:50

  Demonstrators in Georgia demand to release detained protesters

  Marches and rallies were held on the 64th day of daily protests in Tbilisi, Batumi and Kutaisi; all the protesters’ demands included the release of all the political prisoners, including Mziya Amaglobeli. In Batumi, protesters set up tents near the building of the Constitutional Court.

• January 29, 2025 22:40

  Georgian Ombudsperson tells about Mziya Amaglobeli’s health condition

  Mziya Amaglobeli, a journalist, who has been on her hunger strike for the third week, feels satisfactory, her condition is monitored by doctors. More than 300 Georgian journalists have signed a letter in Mziya’s support.

• January 17, 2025 23:18

  Human rights defenders point to political motives for founder of Georgian opposition media Amaglobeli’s arrest

  The “Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association” (GYLA) non-governmental organization (NGO) has called the arrest of Mziya Amaglobeli, the founder of the “Netgazeti” and “Batumelebi” online publications, politically motivated.

• January 14, 2025 21:18

  Ombudsperson demands investigation of law enforcers’ actions during detentions in Batumi

  Three out of the ten people detained at the protest action in Batumi demanded an investigation into the law enforcers’ actions, and one of the detainees claimed being beaten. A criminal case has been instituted against Mziya Amaglobeli, the founder of the “Batumelebi” and “Netgazeti” online publications for attacking a police officer.

• January 06, 2025 23:48

  Students demand to release actors detained at protests in Tbilisi

  In Tbilisi, protesters intentionally went out into the streets wearing masks, thereby violating the recently introduced ban. Students from two universities have joined the demands to release actors Andro Chichinadze and Vepkhiya Kasradze, who are accused of participating in group violence.

• July 01, 2022 23:58

  Beating of “Pirveli” TV cameraman highlights problem of pressure on media in Adjara

  Murman Zoidze, a cameraman of the “Pirveli” TV Company, continues to work as usual. But after an attack on him, Adjarian journalists proceed with increased caution, as the local media are to cover stories that cause public outcry and its employees often face aggression, including from officials.

• June 04, 2022 23:48

  Rights defenders demand to simplify granting housing to IDPs in Batumi

  The forced migrants (or internally displaced persons – IDPs) living in the Batumi neighbourhood "Dream City" should receive new housing according to the criteria of their social vulnerability; the emphasis on granting housing based on registration is fraught with conflicts, activists of the NGO "Centre for Social Justice" assert.

• May 07, 2022 19:54

  Over 20 Saakashvili supporters detained during protest in Batumi

  Last night, in Batumi, clashes broke out of law enforcers with supporters of Mikheil (Mikhail) Saakashvili, the third president of Georgia, after policemen demanded to remove the tents set up by activists. As a result, more than 20 protesters were detained.

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