In Georgia, He Was Insulted by Poland ' S Award to a Batum Police Journalist
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"An insult to Georgian State institutions" was described by the deputy of the ruling Georgian Dream, Irakli Zarkua, as the awarding of the Leh Valencia Solidarity Prize, a two-year sentence for slapping the head of the police of the Ajar capital at a protest in Batumi by local journalist Mzia Amglobeli, transmitting a reporter of the WZGLAD newspaper in Tbilisi. "For similar insults to the police in any European country, the police are imprisone…
Amaglobeli was sentenced to two years in prison in Batumi last August for slapping a police officer during an anti-government protest. Georgian journalist Irma Dimitradze accepted the award on Amaglobeli's behalf on Wednesday. Former President Lech Wałęsa was also present at the ceremony. Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski emphasized during the ceremony in Warsaw that the recipient of the award was a steadfast individua…
Imprisoned Mzia Amaglobeli received the Lech Wałęsa Solidarity Award. Radosław Sikorski appeals for medical treatment for the Georgian journalist.
The award was presented to Georgian journalist Mzia Amaglobeli. "The laureate's story reminds us that defending freedom and respecting human dignity is not the responsibility of states or organizations alone; it is the responsibility of each and every one of us," said Radosław Sikorski.
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