Eter Turadze

Editor-in-chief at @Batumelebi_ge

[Peter Fischer @Diplo_Peter]

Our term in 🇬🇪 has ended.
Thank you, Farewell and "Auf Wiedersehen" ❤️
ჩვენი უფლებამოსილების ვადა საქართველოში დასრულდა.
მადლობა, ბედნიერად და „Auf Wiedersehen“ ❤️

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📷 Russia, Moscow, June 18 — A fire broke out at the Kapotnya oil refinery following a drone attack. Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin acknowledged that “several drones managed to reach the Kapotnya oil refinery” and reported “minor damage” at the Sadovod market. 📷 According to the Russian state news agency TASS, this was the largest attempted drone attack on Moscow in the past two years. 📷 Video: Telegram #RussiaUkraineWar #Russia

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🇪🇺🇬🇪 “The report will be very critical — the most critical among all candidate countries,” says the European Parliament’s rapporteur on #Georgia, @RJukneviciene, in an interview with @netgazeti.

🔻 Today, the @Europarl_EN is set to adopt a critical report on Georgia that includes a recommendation to impose sanctions on members of the Georgian Dream and pro-GD media outlets.

#EU #RepressionsInGeorgia

Full interview: https://t.co/3HHYY94Gnv

[Netgazeti @netgazeti]

France hosts G7 summit in Evian-les-Bains
Photo: European Press Photo Agency

[ბათუმელები • Batumelebi.ge @Batumelebi_ge]

Freed Journalist Andrzej Poczobut Calls for Release of Fellow Sakharov Prize Laureate Mzia Amaglobeli

Recently released Polish-Belarusian journalist Andrzej Poczobut calls for the release of fellow #SakharovPrize laureate Mzia Amaglobeli. Speaking in the European Parliament, Poczobut said:“Journalists should be free, not in prison”.

[ბათუმელები • Batumelebi.ge @Batumelebi_ge]

🟥A court in Azerbaijan has ordered the detention of journalist Afgan Sadygov after reopening a criminal case that #Azerbaijani authorities had officially closed just two months earlier. Sadygov — who was forcibly deported from #Georgia in April despite legal concerns raised by the European Court of Human Rights — says the case is politically motivated and linked to his journalism.
▶️ https://t.co/5SvjWGujKY

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🔴 A documentary photo exhibition, “Georgia in Focus,” has opened at the @eu_eeas in Brussels.

It features works by Georgian photographers who received the EU Prize for Journalism between 2015 and 2025.

The central part of the exhibition is dedicated to a courtroom photograph of Sakharov Prize laureate Mzia Amaglobeli, founder of @netgazeti and Batumelebi.

⭕ Journalist @GuramRogava addressed the audience, speaking about the threats facing the media in Georgia. He recalled how he was attacked by a special forces officer during a live broadcast - an incident that remains under investigation to this day.

#JournalismIsNotACrime
#RepressionsInGeorgia #PressFreedom

[ბათუმელები • Batumelebi.ge @Batumelebi_ge]

Today marks 500 days since the #GeorgiaProtests began on November 28, 2024 — the day the Georgian Dream, announced it was halting Georgia’s bid for EU membership.
What followed has been a prolonged and escalating crisis. Peaceful demonstrations have been met with violent crackdowns, while the country has seen the rise of over 120 political prisoners. At the same time, authorities have introduced dozens of repressive laws and legal amendments, tightening control over dissent and democratic institutions.
Despite this pressure, the protests have not stopped.
Their demands are:
•The release of all political prisoners
•The holding of new, free, and fair parliamentary elections

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🟥The @ECHR_CEDH has registered Mzia Amaglobeli’s 3rd application [over degrading treatment in police custody] within one week of submission.

The application is challenging violations of several rights under the European Convention on Human Rights, including Articles 3, 8, 13, and 14.
#FreeMzia #JournalismIsNotACrime #GeorgiaProtests
https://t.co/kepNuTMKZr

[Netgazeti @netgazeti]

#Tbilisi, The night of March 19. A steady stream of people continues to visit #Sameba Cathedral to pay their respects to Patriarch Ilia II.
Catholicos-Patriarch of Georgia, Ilia II, passed away on March 17 at the age of 93.

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„Doctors say it’s a miracle I survived. During the November 2024 protests, while reporting live from #Tbilisi, I was attacked from behind by a special forces officer-targeted not for breaking the law, but simply for holding a microphone and doing my job as a journalist.

What matters most after the attack? There is still no investigation“ - Journalist Guram Rogava addressed the European Parliament’s Subcommittee on Human Rights.

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🟥March 12, marks 14 months of the unlawful imprisonment of Georgian journalist and media founder, #SakharovPrize2025 laureate Mzia Amaglobeli.

Sentenced to two years in prison on trumped-up charges, her appeal has been rejected by #Georgia’s Supreme Court, exhausting all domestic remedies: https://t.co/dFtrVRLRRc

#FreeMzia
#JournalismIsNotACrime
#Georgia #RepressionInGeorgia
@MziaAmaglobeli

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ერაყში, ქალაქ ბასრასთან ახლოს, ირანული ჭურვები მოხვდა გემს, რომელზეც 23 ქართველი მეზღვაური იყო.

ყველა მათგანი გადარჩა და ამჟამად უსაფრთხო ადგილას არიან გადაყვანილნი.
#Iraqiport of #Basra

[Netgazeti @netgazeti]

1/4 🚨 Netgazeti journalist Mariam Dzidzadria is facing administrative proceedings after the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) accused her of "artificially blocking" the road while she was performing her professional duties.

[Netgazeti @netgazeti]

🧵 1/3 When the Supreme Court rejects an appeal as inadmissible, it refuses to review the merits of the case or weigh the evidence. Consequently, the lower Court of Appeals' ruling remains in full force.

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Under the new restrictive amendments, private individuals who publicly label authorities as illegitimate risk 400–600 hours of community service or up to three years in prison. Organizations face penalties including fines, forced liquidation, or both.
Read more: https://t.co/GWTrBVZSAW

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🟥On the third day after the launch of US–Israel strikes on the Islamic Republic of Iran, the #GeorgianDream government issued a statement expressing condolences to the Iranian people and the Islamic Republic for the deaths of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, other political leaders, “innocent civilians, and dozens of children”.
🟥The statement also extended condolences to Israel for civilian casualties and affirmed full solidarity with the Arab countries of the Gulf.
🟥Notably, the statement made no mention of U.S. casualties, including soldiers killed and wounded in action, five of whom remain in serious condition.

https://t.co/zoaNjp9zrT

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🟥Giorgi Bachiashvili, the former head of Bidzina Ivanishvili’s Co-Investment Fund who had been sentenced to 11 years in prison in the high-profile “Bitcoin case,” has been released under a plea agreement after admitting guilt and reimbursing damages, the Georgian Prosecutor’s Office confirmed.
▶️https://t.co/1qv5sQizz1
#Georgia

[Netgazeti @netgazeti]

🟥 Georgian Dream’s Deputy Foreign Minister attended a celebration of the Islamic Revolution anniversary at the Paragraph Hotel, built by the family of GD founder, oligarch Ivanishvili.

#Tbilisi’s iconic TV tower lit in the colors of #Iran’s flag.

▶️ https://t.co/iWTMVemTcT

[Eter Turadze @ETuradze]

RT @Batumelebi_ge: 🟥 Nika Melia, an opposition politician and former chair of the United National Movement, who is currently imprisoned, is…