US EditionGeorgian Journalist Is Convicted of Slapping a Police Chief at a Protest and Gets 2 Years in Prison
BATUMI, GEORGIA, AUG 6 – The two-year sentence highlights concerns over Georgia's declining press freedoms amid ongoing protests and political repression, with the country ranked 114th in the 2025 World Press Freedom Index.
- Wednesday, the Batumi City Court sentenced Mzia Amaglobeli to two years for violence against Police Chief Irakli Dgebuadze during an anti-government protest.
- Following the Oct. 26 parliamentary election, protests have persisted since her Jan. 12 detention of Mzia Amagobeli, one of over 50 detained during demonstrations in Georgia.
- The Batumi City Court refused to admit defense submissions amid procedural violations, and authorities did not investigate police ill-treatment during her detention.
- Outside the courthouse, supporters chanted 'Free Mzia!', while 24 Western diplomatic missions condemned her sentencing and her Batumelebi media outlet faces closure after the state froze its accounts.
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In Georgia, independent journalist Mzia Amaghlobeli was sentenced to two years in prison in a context of daily demonstrations against the authoritarian drifts of the ruling regime. ...
Georgian journalist gets two years in jail for slapping police chief · American Wire News
A well-known Georgian journalist and activist is facing hard time after assaulting a police chief during an anti-government protest. Mzia Amaghlobeli was charged on Wednesday with slapping a police chief and was sentenced to two years in prison. Amagholobeli was arrested on January 12 along with 50 other demonstrators protesting against the Georgian Dream Party that has been accused of “eroding civil society and democratic rights,” The Hill repo…
Georgia urged to investigate ‘unfair trial’ of journalist Mzia Amaglobeli
Amnesty International on Wednesday called for a fully transparent and impartial investigation into the conviction and two-year imprisonment of Georgian journalist Mzia Amaglobeli, amid serious allegations of ill-treatment and an unfair trial. Denis Krivosheev, Amnesty International’s Deputy Director for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, stated, “Mzia Amaglobeli must receive a fair trial, and the abuses she has suffered must also be independently …
A Georgian court condemned journalist and founder of a media group, Mzia Amaghlobeli, for two years in prison because he attacked a police chief, a political ad. Amaghlobeli, the founder of independent news sites, declared...
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