GYLA: Amaghlobeli Criminal Prosecution a Political Repression

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Batumelebi and Netgazeti founder Amaghlobeli begins hunger strike while in pretrial detention – Advertising and Donations – advertising-newsandtimes.com

Mzia Amaghlobeli, the founder and director of Netgazeti and Batumelebi, who is in pretrial detention on charges of ‘assaulting a police officer’, has gone on a hunger strike, according to an undated letter Amaghlobeli sent from prison. It is unclear when she began the hunger strike. ‘Freedom is more valuable than life’, Amaghlobeli said, adding that ‘any citizen could find themselves in my situation, someone who wants to live in a democratic, Eu…

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“Georgian Young Lawyers' Association” presented to the public the assessment of publications, on the case of “Batumi” and “Netgazeti” founder, Mzia Amaghlobeli, on the qualification of the crime and the fact of improper treatment by police officers O. The press conference was attended by the editor-in-chief of “Batumi” Eter Turadze and the lawyer of Mzia Amaghlobeli, Juba Katamadze.

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Watchdogs: Amaghlobeli Case Tells a Story of Persecution of Independent Press

On the evening of 11 January, Mzia Amaghlobeli, the founder and director of online publications Batumelebi and Negtazeti, was protesting with other Georgian citizens in the coastal city of Batumi when she was arrested for trying to put up a sticker calling for a national strike on 15 January. After being arrested (along with other protesters) on administrative charges, she was detained for two hours. She was then released on bail, only to be arr…