Irma Dimitradze

@netgazeti ; @Batumelebi_ge | Opinions are my own; RTs ≠ endorsements

[ბათუმელები • Batumelebi.ge @Batumelebi_ge]

🟥 Journalist Vakho Sanaia met police outside his home, to be taken into custody to serve his third term of administrative detention.

➡️ As in his previous case, Sanaia was ordered detained over Facebook posts, but this time for 30 days instead of 14.

➡️ The decision was announced by Judge Tornike Kochkiani.

➡️ Sanaia was accused of insulting @shpapuashvili and Lado Bozhadze and thereby “violating public order”.

➡️ Before his detention, the journalist told @netgazeti that he would not give up his right to freedom of expression and that this detention changed nothing.
#Georgia
#RepressionsInGeorgia

[ბათუმელები • Batumelebi.ge @Batumelebi_ge]

🟥 “If the car is not running it makes no sense if we push them from behind and the motor is not running. And the motor can only run if there is fuel and fuel are the reforms” — @MartaKosEU explains why the #EU is preparing membership roadmaps only for #Montenegro, #Albania, #Moldova and #Ukraine, and not for other candidate countries, such as #Georgia.

On October 8, the @EUparliament is expected to adopt another critical resolution on Georgia.

This time, the resolution concerns the @GeorgianDream41 government’s attempts to ban opposition parties in Georgia.

The draft resolution, seen by @netgazeti, strongly condemns the attempts to ban Georgia’s opposition parties and calls for the immediate withdrawal of the constitutional lawsuit filed against them.

[Irma Dimitradze @irmadimitradze]

Very grateful to #Poland for this recognition and for amplifying Mzia’s and #Georgia’s struggle for democracy.

All I have to say is #FreeMzia and that #JournalismIsNotACrime.

As Mzia said, we have to #FightBeforeItIsTooLate

[Ministerstwo Spraw Zagranicznych RP 🇵🇱 @MSZ_RP]

Wicepremier, minister spraw zagranicznych @sikorskiradek przyznał Nagrodę Solidarności im. Lecha Wałęsy gruzińskiej dziennikarce Mzii Amaglobeli 🇬🇪🎖️

Tegoroczna laureatka została wyróżniona za swoją bezkompromisową i wieloletnią walkę na rzecz demokracji, praworządności i uniwersalnych wartości ludzkich – w tym wolności mediów i niezależnego dziennikarstwa.

Laureatka nie mogła odebrać wyróżnienia osobiście.

Mzia Amaghlobeli została aresztowana i przebywa w więzieniu.

[Embassy of Belgium in Baku @BelgiuminBaku]

A year ago today, Mzia Amaglobeli, a prominent Georgian journalist, was sentenced to two years in prison. We remain concerned that her sentence is disproportionate and politicised and call again for her immediate release.

[Lithuania MFA 🇱🇹 | #StandWithUkraine @LithuaniaMFA]

Today marks one year since the politically motivated imprisonment of Georgian journalist Mzia Amaglobeli. Lithuania calls on Georgian Dream to end its Russia-style persecution and release Mzia, along with other imprisoned representatives of Georgia’s opposition and civil society.

[Media Freedom Coalition @MediaFreedomC]

The UK, as co-chair of the MFC, has spoken out on the situation of detained journalist Mzia Amaglobeli, along with other MFC members.

[Canada in Türkiye @CanEmbTurkiye]

A year ago today, Mzia Amaglobeli, a prominent Georgian journalist, was sentenced to two years in prison. We remain concerned that her sentence is disproportionate and politicized and call again for her immediate release.

[Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) @MediaFreedomEU]

One year ago today, Mzia Amaghlobeli was sentenced to two years in prison after more than seven months of unjustified pretrial detention. Her charge was arbitrarily changed at the end of the trial, raising serious fair trial concerns.

A year later, Mzia is still behind bars.

[ბათუმელები • Batumelebi.ge @Batumelebi_ge]

🟥On the first anniversary of Georgian journalist Mzia Amaglobeli's sentencing, the @MediaFreedomC, the EU, and several Western embassies have renewed calls for her immediate and unconditional release, describing her imprisonment as politically motivated and disproportionate.
https://t.co/dkgBpmPqbW
#FreeMzia #RepressionInGeorgia #JournalismIsNotACrime

[CPJ Europe and Central Asia @CPJ_Eurasia]

"Mzia's case is emblematic of a much wider deterioration of press freedom in #Georgia."

Today marks one year since Georgian journalist Mzia Amaglobeli's disproportionate and politically motivated sentencing to 2 years in jail.
CPJ's Fiona O'Brien explains why her case is so important. ⬇️
#FreeMzia #journalismisnotacrime

[IPI - The Global Network for Independent Media @globalfreemedia]

🇬🇪#Georgia: IPI and our global network today mark one year since the sentencing of #WorldPressFreedomHero Mzia Amaglobeli to two years of unjust and disproportionate imprisonment and renew our call for her immediate release. Read our full statement👇

https://t.co/TxU01BlZsf

[Irma Dimitradze @irmadimitradze]

🙏 I am deeply grateful to Andrzej, who is himself an inspiring fighter for freedom.

We need to see #FreeMzia soon. People like Mzia and Andrzej belong with us, especially in these difficult times, when the fight for freedom and democracy is more important than ever.

[ბათუმელები • Batumelebi.ge @Batumelebi_ge]

🟥On August 6, the day marking one year since 🇬🇪journalist Mzia Amaglobeli was sentenced to two years in prison, 🇵🇱-🇧🇾 journalist and #2025SakharovPrize laureate Andrzej Poczobut voiced his solidarity with her and called for #FreeMzia.

👉https://t.co/y0WRqeLBf1
#Georgia

[Irma Dimitradze @irmadimitradze]

There is no freedom of speech whatsoever :)

They know perfectly well they can’t fine everyone. This wave of selective, exemplary punishments is meant to terrorise people and create self-censorship, so that everyone becomes afraid to express their thoughts, even on social media

[ბათუმელები • Batumelebi.ge @Batumelebi_ge]

🔴Journalist and @FormulaGe anchor Vakho Sanaia sentenced to 14 days of administrative detention over Facebook posts.

❌ Sanaia was previously fined 6,000 GEL for a sarcastic post mocking a newly established unit that monitors social media for profanity and initiates administrative proceedings. The post ironically urged people "not to call Shalva Papuashvili and Lado Bozhadze d*cks."

❌ After being fined, Sanaia published further posts about the case, joking that the judge's ruling implied Papuashvili and Bozhadze were, in fact, d*cks. Those follow-up posts became the basis for a new administrative case, which has now resulted in a 14-day detention.

#Georgia #RepressionsInGeorgia

[CPJ Europe and Central Asia @CPJ_Eurasia]

"It is important to do everything and anything proactively in order to achieve releasing Mzia."

The words of Georgian journalist @irmadimitradze when she joined CPJ at the @UKParliament this month to ask MPs, including @JWhittingdale, to call on #Georgia to immediately and unconditionally release veteran journalist Mzia Amaglobeli. Her imprisonment is not only politically motivated, but also a symbol of Georgia's alarming repression of independent journalism. #FreeMzia

[CPJ Europe and Central Asia @CPJ_Eurasia]

Today we were in the @UKParliament to ask MPs to call on #Georgia to immediately and unconditionally release journalist Mzia Amaglobeli. Her imprisonment is not only politically motivated, but also a symbol of Georgia's alarming repression of independent journalism. #FreeMzia

[ბათუმელები • Batumelebi.ge @Batumelebi_ge]

🟥 დიდი ბრიტანეთის პარლამენტის წევრი, სერ ჯონ ვიტინგდეილი საუბრობს იმ ბერკეტების შესახებ, რაც ბრიტანეთს შეუძლია გამოიყენოს მზია ამაღლობელის მხარდასაჭერად.

🟥 დიდი ბრიტანეთი ითხოვს, რომ გაიზარდოს დიპლომატიური ზეწოლა პატიმრობაში მყოფი ქართველი ჟურნალისტის, ნეტგაზეთი/ბათუმელების დამფუძნებლის, მზია ამაღლობელის გასათავისუფლებლად და მისთვის პოლიტიკური მოტივებით წაყენებული ბრალის მოსახსნელად.

ბრიტანელი პარლამენტარები კი მოუწოდებენ საკუთარ მთავრობას, რომ განიხილოს სანქციების დაწესების საკითხი.

📌 დღეს, 2 ივლისს, ლონდონში, ბრიტანეთის პარლამენტში, მედიის თავისუფლების საკითხებზე მომუშავე ყველა პარტიის საპარლამენტო ჯგუფმა (APPG on Media Freedom) გამართა შეხვედრა თემაზე: „მედიის თავისუფლება საქართველოში და მზია ამაღლობელის საქმე“.

შეხვედრას ესწრებოდნენ ბრიტანელი პარლამენტარები, უფლებადამცველი ორგანიზაციების წარმომადგენლები.

მათ ირმა დიმიტრაძისგან, ნეტგაზეთისა და ბათუმელების ჟურნალისტისა და კომუნიკაციების მენეჯერისგან მოისმინეს ინფორმაცია მზია ამაღლობელის საქმეზე და მედიის მდგომარეობაზე საქართველოში.

ასევე, Caoilfhionn Gallagher KC კილან გალაჰერისგან (ადამიანის უფლებათა ადვოკატი და მზია ამაღლობელის საერთაშორისო დამცველი) და ფიონა ო'ბრაიენისგან (ჟურნალისტთა დაცვის კომიტეტის (CPJ) რეგიონალური დირექტორი ევროპასა და ცენტრალურ აზიაში).

#RepressionsInGeorgia #GeorgiaProtests #Georgia

[Netgazeti @netgazeti]

⭕️Recently released Polish-Belarusian journalist Andrzej Poczobut has called for the release of fellow #SakharovPrize laureate Mzia Amaglobeli, who remains in prison.
Speaking in @Europarl_EN, Poczobut said:“Journalists should be free and not in prison”.
▶️https://t.co/8hsyUyNXA9

[Irma Dimitradze @irmadimitradze]

RT @panyiszabolcs: 🇳🇴 I was invited to speak at the Oslo Freedom Forum (@OsloFF) about the Orbán regime and what these past sixteen years w…

[ბათუმელები • Batumelebi.ge @Batumelebi_ge]

🇬🇪 #Georgia’s Independence Day is being marked by a mass protest in #Tbilisi organised by an Opposition Alliance comprising nine political parties.

People gathered near Tbilisi State University before marching to the Parliament building, where daily #GeorgiaProtests have been taking place since 28 November 2024, the day Georgian Dream Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze announced that Georgia’s #EU accession process would be "removed from the government’s agenda until the end of 2028".

[Irma Dimitradze @irmadimitradze]

I’m beyond excited to hear this news! Andrzej is free!

We continue the fight for #FreeMzia, #FreeJournalism, and #FreeWorld👇🏻

🟢So Andrzej can return to his home in #Belarus and live a happy life with his family one day.
🟢So #Georgia can return to its European path!

[Rasa Juknevičienė @RJukneviciene]

Great news on the release of Andrzej Poczobut!

But another 2025 Sakharov Prize laureate, Mzia Amaglobeli, remains jailed by GD with no meaningful international access to see her.

@Europarl_EN has said clearly: there is no place for political prisoners in an EU candidate country