Adjaria

• September 09, 2025 22:29

  Journalists from seven countries expressed solidarity with colleagues arrested in the Caucasus

  The Last Word project, which united media from seven post-Soviet countries, recalled the fate of political prisoners Mzia Amaglobeli, Ulvi Hasanli and Abdulmumin Gadzhiev on the Day of International Solidarity of Journalists by publishing their final speeches at the trials.

• September 04, 2025 03:49

  Batumi Police Chief Transferred to Tbilisi After Amaglobeli Slap

  Irakli Dgebuadze, for whom journalist Mzia Amaglobeli was convicted for slapping, has resigned as head of the Batumi police. He has been transferred to work in the Central Criminal Police Department in Tbilisi.

• August 14, 2025 21:59

  Activists in Tbilisi held a solidarity rally with Amaglobeli on the 260th day of protests

  A solidarity action with journalist Mzia Amaglobeli, who was sentenced to two years, took place in Tbilisi before the traditional gathering of protesters on Rustaveli Avenue.

• August 06, 2025 16:01

  Amaglobeli sentenced to two years after charges were reduced

  On the day of the sentencing, the Batumi City Court judge reclassified the charges against the founder of the publications "Batumelebi" and "Netgazeti" Mzia Amaglobeli. The defense called it an attempt to save face for the authorities.

• August 04, 2025 22:57

  Mzia Amaglobeli declined to ask court for leniency

  The founder of the publications "Batumelebi" and "Netgazeti" Mzia Amaglobeli made her final statement in court. The Batumi court will deliver the verdict on the journalist on August 6.

• August 01, 2025 21:55

  Protesters in Tbilisi and Batumi demand release of political prisoners

  Activists in Batumi gathered today at the court where the trial of Mzia Amaglobeli is ending, and protesters in Tbilisi blocked traffic on Rustaveli Avenue for the 247th day in a row.

• July 22, 2025 04:53

  Georgian Revenue Service Seizes Batumelebi Accounts

  The Georgian Revenue Service linked the arrest of Batumelebi's accounts to the existence of debt, but journalists are certain that the authorities are trying to close the publication and put pressure on its founder, Mzia Amaglobeli.

• July 07, 2025 13:20

  Case of incitement to suicide opened after Adjarian official Rizhvadze was wounded

  Former Chairman of the Government of the Autonomous Republic of Adjara Tornike Rizhvadze received a gunshot wound.

• March 19, 2025 22:24

  Georgian journalist Amaglobeli fined for insulting policeman

  A judge has obliged Mziya Amaglobeli, the founder of “Batumelebi” and “Netgazeti” outlets, to pay a fine within an administrative case of insulting a police officer. At the hearing on the criminal case of the attack on the police officer, the journalist's defence demanded to challenge the judge, but the motion was dismissed.

• February 17, 2025 22:38

  Journalists treat their colleague Amaglobeli’s arrest as attempt to intimidate independent media

  An action in front of the “Vivamed” Clinic, where Mziya Amaglobeli, the founder of the “Batumelebi” and “Netgazeti” outlets, is kept for treatment, was organized by the journalists, who treat their colleague’s arrest as an attempt to harass independent media.

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