US EditionJailed Journalist Mzia Amaghlobeli Fined Twice on Single Incident - Civil Georgia
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By 324 votes to 25, the European Parliament adopted a resolution entitled “Freedom of the media in Georgia, in particular the case of Mzia Amaglobeli”. 87 members abstained from voting. The resolution states that its signatories demand the immediate and unconditional release of Mzia Amaglobeli and the dropping of all charges against him. In addition, the resolution calls for the immediate repeal of all repressive legislation. “In view of previou…
Award-winning editor fined for placing protest sticker on police building
(Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–In Batumi, on Georgia’s Black Sea coast, journalist and co‑founder of outlets Batumelebi and Netgazeti, Mzia Amaghlobeli, was fined 1,000 GEL (USD 365) for placing a protest sticker outside the regional police headquarters. The incident took place during an opposition rally in January. The sticker bore the message “Georgia Swears an Oath” and was meant to show solidarity with people detained during opposition r…
Jailed Journalist Mzia Amaghlobeli Fined Twice on Single Incident - Civil Georgia
Batumi City Court judge Mariana Pomaeva fined on June 18 Mzia Amaghlobeli, jailed director of Batumelebi and Netgazeti media outlets, GEL 1,000 (about USD 370) for putting a protest sticker on the outbuilding at the Batumi police department, in what her lawyers say is a second fine for the same act. Amaglobeli, a journalist currently on trial on charges of assaulting a police officer in a high-profile criminal case, had already been fined in Mar…
Journalist Mzia Amaglobeli was retried in Batumi City Court for pasting a sticker. Judge Mariana Fomaeva fined the founder of “Batumelebi” and “Netgazeti” 1,000 GEL. The court hearing on Mzia Amaglobeli’s administrative case began at 1:00 AM today. Mzia Amaglobeli herself was not present at the hearing. At the beginning of the trial, the judge said that the journalist refused to participate in the hearing remotely. The witnesses presented in the…
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