US EditionGeorgia Upholds Mzia Amaglobeli’s 2-Year Prison Sentence
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Mzia Amaghlobeli, distinguished from the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, was arrested in January for alleged aggression against a police during the post-legislative protests in Georgia.
Georgia upholds Mzia Amaglobeli’s 2-year prison sentence
New York, November 18, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Georgian authorities to release journalist Mzia Amaglobeli, a prominent media manager, after a Georgian appeals court upheld a decision on November 18 that sentenced her to two years in prison. The journalist, who has been widely recognized domestically and internationally as a political prisoner, reportedly plans to challenge...
Georgia: EFJ condemns appeal court verdict against journalist Mzia Amaglobeli
The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) today strongly condemns the appeal court verdict upholding the two-year prison sentence handed down to Sakharov Prize Laureate Mzia Amaglobeli. As the defense will appeal this verdict to the Supreme Court, the EFJ continues to demand its overturn and Mzia Amaglobeli’s immediate release. The Supreme Court will have six months to review the case and issue a final decision. On 18 November, the Kutaisi Co…
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PublicoThe judges of the Kutaisi Court of Appeal rejected the application for annulment of the judgment submitted by the defence, which considered the disproportionate and politically motivated condemnation. "I have no fear of prison. What I fear is what I expect out there: will it be a country to fight for freedom or a conquered country?" Amaghlobeli said in front of the court. Co-founder of independent communications bodies Batumelebi and Netgazeti, …
The two-year prison sentence against Mzia Amaghlobeli, a well-known journalist and co-laureate in October for the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, was confirmed on appeal on Tuesday, 18 November, and was sentenced for slapping a senior police officer on the sidelines of an anti-government protest.
Appeals Court Upholds Two-Year Sentence for Journalist Mzia Amaghlobeli - Civil Georgia
The Kutaisi Court of Appeals has upheld the Batumi City Court’s August 6 ruling sentencing journalist and founder of the Batumelebi and Netgazeti online media outlets, Mzia Amaghlobeli, to two years in prison. The members of the appeals panel were Judges Marina Siradze, Nana Jokhadze, and Nikoloz Margvelashvili. “Imprisonment is neither easy nor simple, but it is not dangerous either. It is not the prison sentence that scares me – what scares me…
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