Irma Dimitrdze
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Journalist from Georgia | @netgazeti.org
One of my favourite events at this year’s John Hewitt International Summer School @irishpen.bsky.social teatalkmagazine.co.uk/2026/07/31/8...
84 postcards penned by Armagh audience to imprisoned Georgian journalist in show of international solidarity - TeaTalkMagazine
Audience members at Irish PEN’s sold-out Freedom to Write event write postcards to Mzia Amaglobeli, who has been imprisoned in Georgia since January 2025 Members of the audience at the John Hewitt I...
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🟥 What Can a Sarcastic Facebook Post Cost You? In #Georgia, It Can Land a Journalist in Detention Georgia's latest crackdown on social media and freedom of speech explained in less than 3 minutes 👇 youtu.be/3tJ-kSoOwwA?... #Facebook #TerrorInGeorgia #GeorgiaProtests
What Can a Sarcastic Facebook Post Cost You? In Georgia, It Can Land a Journalist in Detention
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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. #TerrorInGeorgia
Batumelebi&Netgazeti@netgazeti.org · 2w ago🔴 Formula TV anchor Vakho Sanaia has been sentenced to 14 days of administrative detention over Facebook posts. After being fined 6,000 GEL for a sarcastic post, his follow-up jokes about the ruling became the basis for a new case that resulted in his detention.(1/3) #Georgia #RepressionsInGeorgia
⭕️ Recently released Polish-Belarusian journalist Andrzej Poczobut calls for the release of fellow #SakharovPrize laureate Mzia Amaglobeli. Speaking in @europarl.europa.eu, Poczobut said:“Journalists should be free and not in prison”. 🧷 batumelebi.netgazeti.ge/articles-in-... #FreeMzia
🟥 Georgia’s Independence Day is being marked by a mass protest in #Tbilisi organised by an Opposition Alliance of 9 parties. Protesters marched to Parliament, where daily #GeorgiaProtests have continued since 28 Nov 2024, when GD announced #Georgia would halt its #EU accession agenda.
🚨While the state refuses to fund life-saving medicine for children, it simultaneously labels the students who raised one million Georgian lari for those children as extremists, fines and detains them, strips their university of most of its programs, and even threatens to sell off its campuses
OC Media@ocmedia.bsky.social · 2mo agoGeorgian students raise ₾1 million ($375,000) for children with DMD in less than 3 days. The action came amidst round-the-clock protests by parents and relatives of children with DMD, who have been urging the state to provide access to new medication.
🔴 ‘I Don’t Think the Course Against the EU Is Fixed’ — Interview with the Outgoing German Ambassador Peter Fischer www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3v1...
‘I Don’t Think the Course Against the EU Is Fixed’ — Interview with the Outgoing German Ambassador
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Ihre Freilassung ist überfällig. Fordere mit mir ihre sofortige Freilassung: 👇https://actionnetwork.org/forms/freedom-for-mzia
Freedom For Mzia
Georgia's Democracy is under Attack We need to stand by Journalist Mzia Amaglobeli! She is a symbol Georgia’s Fight for a Democratic, European Future! She is a symbolic leader of the protests is be...
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🔴 @netgazeti.org has been awarded the Civil Rights Defender of the Year Award 2026 🥳 Congratulations to the brilliant team! Our main wish for all of us is #FreeMzia, #FreeMedia, and #FreeGeorgia with no political prisoners!
Civil Rights Defender of the Year Award 2026 – the news outlets Netgazeti and La Hora de Cuba - Civil Rights Defenders
Two news platforms that refuse to be silenced At some newsrooms, the day begins by opening emails. At others, it begins by mapping risks. This is everyday reality for the independent news platforms N...
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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!
Reporter ohne Grenzen@reporter-ohne-grenzen.de · 3mo agoWir sind unglaublich erleichtert über die Freilassung von Andrzeij Poczobut! Der belarusisch-polnische verbrachte mehr als fünf Jahre in einer Strafkolonie in #Belarus.
🟥 #SakharovPrize20254 laureate journalist Mzia Amaglobeli argued that the statements falsely portrayed her as a criminal, a political activist, and a person acting under “foreign orders,” violating the presumption of innocence and damaging her reputation. ▶️ batumelebi.netgazeti.ge/articles-in-...
🗣️At the “Georgia in Focus” exhibition in #Brussels, journalist Guram Rogava spoke about the sharp decline of press freedom in #Georgia, highlighting violence against journalists and ongoing impunity. #RepressionsInGeorgia #JournalismIsNotACrime #FreeMzia #EU www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyKK...
Guram Rogava Addresses Press Freedom Decline in Georgia at Brussels Event
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🟥An oligarch, Bidzina Ivanishvili - the honorary chairman of the GD party, former PM of #Georgia, and widely regarded as the country’s informal ruler - hosted President of #Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev. The meeting also included govt delegations. The party published a video of the meeting.
🚨As Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev visits #Tbilisi, journalist Afgan Sadygov has been detained in #Baku after being deported from #Georgia on April 5, despite a @echr.coe.int ruling prohibiting his extradition due to risks to his safety. ▶️ batumelebi.netgazeti.ge/articles-in-...
Netgazeti journalist Mariam Dzidzaria faces up to 15 days in detention for allegedly “blocking the road” while covering protests with visible press ID. Court hearing is set for March 27. Media watchdogs & academics are calling for the charges to be dropped. ▶️ batumelebi.netgazeti.ge/articles-in-...
Day 425 of Mzia Amaglobeli’s captivity. The fight continues – for her freedom, and for yours and ours. #FreeMzia
Batumelebi&Netgazeti@netgazeti.org · 5mo ago🟥March 12, marks 14 months of the unlawful imprisonment of Georgian journalist and media founder, #SakharovPrize2025 laureate Mzia Amaglobeli. 🧷 batumelebi.netgazeti.ge/articles-in-... #FreeMzia #JournalismIsNotACrime #Georgia #RepressionInGeorgia
Spoke with @reporter-ohne-grenzen.de a couple of weeks ago about media freedom situation in #Georgia. All we have now is to #FightBeforeItIsTooLate. #FreeMzia #JournalismIsNotACrime
„Je mehr Raum wir aufgeben, desto mehr nehmen die autoritären Kräfte ein.“
In den vergangenen Jahren hat sich die Pressefreiheit in Georgien drastisch verschlechtert – die Angriffe auf Medien gipfelten in einem zweijährigen Hafturteil für die unabhängige Journalistin Mzia...
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"We reiterate our solidarity with them, calling for justice and their immediate release. Amaglobeli’s reports of humiliating treatment while in detention must be investigated. We stand firmly with all women who defend truth and freedom."
Human Rights Subcommittee@droi.europarl.europa.eu · 5mo ago"Among them is Georgia’s first female journalist‑political prisoner, Mzia Amaglobeli, who remains behind bars for doing her job. Last year, we honoured her courage by awarding the Sakharov Prize to her and to the imprisoned Belarusian journalist Andrzej Poczobut." (2/3)
⏺️ What are the plans of Georgia’s opposition leaders, many of whom face pending cases after only recently leaving prison? Nika Gvaramia of the Ahali Party Speaking for You. Note: This interview was recorded on February 21. #GeorgiaProtests #Georgia
Speaking for You: Nika Gvaramia
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Independent and critical media in #Georgia have one of the last remaining means of survival and it is crowdfunding and small donations. Now even this has become a problem. This clearly illustrates the absurdity of the repressive laws and their real purpose. #RepressionsInGeorgia
Batumelebi&Netgazeti@netgazeti.org · 6mo ago🟥 Nino Jangirashvili, director of Kavkasia TV, published the letter received from the Georgian National Communications Commission. The Commission has requested a written explanation from the broadcaster within three working days. ▶️ batumelebi.netgazeti.ge/articles-in-... #JournalismIsNotACrime
🟥 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 Bidzina Ivanishvili. #Tbilisi’s iconic TV tower lit in the colors of Iran’s flag. ▶️ batumelebi.netgazeti.ge/articles-in-...
Hard to believe this is a real report from court and not a book or film scenario…yet, that’s the reality we are forced to live in #Georgia
Batumelebi&Netgazeti@netgazeti.org · 6mo ago🟥 A court has held a so-called pre-trial hearing in the “sabotage” case against eight opposition politicians, admitting all prosecution evidence and moving the case to the merits stage. #RepressionsInGeorgia #Georgia batumelebi.netgazeti.ge/articles-in-...
🟥 Introduced amid mass protests and a freeze on EU integration, Georgian Dream’s education reform is reshaping Georgia’s universities and schools in ways that experts say threaten academic autonomy, international cooperation, and students’ freedom of choice. #RepressionsInGeorgia #Georgia
‘Reform’ to Seize Total Control: Georgian Dream Targets Education System - Batumelebi
Repression In Georgia • განათლება •
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"A recent study identified and analysed 250 cases of attacks and threats against professional media workers and editorial offices across Georgia in 2025." The report on attacks on journalists in Georgia that I helped to prepare for JFJ is now out: jfj.fund/attacks-on-m...
💭 At this point, reading and explaining these amendments doesn’t make any sense. Under them, if I want to attend a conference on press freedom policy and my ticket is gifted, I would need prior permission from the state. I wasn’t born in the Soviet Union, and I have no desire to live by its rules
Batumelebi&Netgazeti@netgazeti.org · 6mo ago🟥 GD has passed another set of repressive legislative amendments at first reading. 🆘 It expand the definition of “grant”, placing almost any form of political expression under state control and criminalizing it if an individual receives funding from a "foreign power". #RepressionInGeorgia
“The real choice presented to civil society leaders and employees is not between seeking approval and defying it. Given the structure of the scheme, approval is not a genuine option. The true choice is between prison and exile”. #TerrorInGeorgia #RepressionInGeorgia #GeorgiaProtests #Georgia
Opinion | Georgia’s regime has given critics a choice: prison or exile
A new draconian legislative package that vaguely defines a ‘foreign grant’ is placing anyone tangentially related to politics at risk of imprisonment.
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Wrote this op-ed for @eesc.bsky.social the night of Jan 11–12. Then came #WEF26, where one of my messages was articulated better.. yet here it goes: “Now the question is no longer whether the world will change, but whether it will be shaped by those who defend democracy or by those who destroy it”
2026 AND THE WAR ON DEMOCRACY: LESSONS FROM GEORGIA
By Irma Dimitradze2026 did not arrive quietly. In Georgia, it arrived with a growing number of political prisoners, a frozen European future, and a country sliding toward authoritarian rule.
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