Georgia is commemorating the 17th anniversary of the 2008 war with Russia. The five-day war began on 7 August 2008, following weeks of escalating tensions and violence in the breakaway region of Tskhinvali (South Ossetia). Over 400 people were kille...
US Congressman Joe Wilson, a senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, has condemned the sentencing of Georgian journalist Mzia Amaglobeli, calling the decision “wrong” and labeling the ruling Georgian Dream party an “anti-American regime...
The European Union has issued a strong statement condemning the sentencing of Georgian journalist Mzia Amaglobeli to two years in prison, calling the verdict a clear sign of the Georgian authorities’ growing repression against independent media and c...
A support rally was held in Tbilisi for Mzia Amaglobeli, founder of independent media outlets Batumelebi and Netgazeti. Citizens began the march at the Philharmonic and proceeded to Rustaveli Avenue, carrying banners reading “Freedom for Mzia” and “...
The Georgian Prosecutor’s Office announced plans to appeal a Tbilisi City Court ruling that acquitted Dr. Giorgi Akhobadze of all charges related to the illegal possession of narcotics. Akhobadze, a vocal supporter of Georgia’s pro-European movement,...
Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili has criticised Western diplomats following the sentencing of independent journalist Mzia Amaglobeli, accusing some EU member states of engaging in politically motivated attacks against Georgia's judiciar...
Member of the European Parliament Rasa Juknevičienė has strongly condemned the sentencing of Georgian journalist and media founder Mzia Amaglobeli to two years in prison, calling it “not just political persecution of a brilliant journalist,” but a di...
International human rights organisation Amnesty International has criticised the sentencing of Mzia Amaglobeli, founder and director of independent Georgian media outlets Batumelebi and Netgazeti, calling the two-year prison term “disproportionate” a...
A Tbilisi court has acquitted Dr Giorgi Akhobadze, who was arrested in December 2024 during a pro-European demonstration, of all drug-related charges. Judge Romeo Tkeshelashvili ruled that the evidence presented by the prosecution was insufficient to...
Zviad Shalamberidze, First Deputy Chair of the Parliamentary Committee on Regional Policy, has defended the country's judiciary following the sentencing of media manager and journalist Mzia Amaglobeli to two years in prison, insisting the decision de...
