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    Jailed editor offered plea deal as newspaper’s bank accounts seized

    By | July 22nd, 2025|Categories: Media|Tags: , |

    (Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch--A jailed newspaper editor in Georgia has been offered a plea deal by prosecutors as her trial draws to an end. Founder of Batumelebi and Netgazeti, Mzia Amaghlobeli, is on trial for slapping a police officer during a January protest. Her trial has drawn widespread condemnation. As the court goes through the evidence, the [...]

      Award-winning editor fined for placing protest sticker on police building

      By | June 19th, 2025|Categories: Media|Tags: , |

      (Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch--In Batumi, on Georgia’s Black Sea coast, journalist and co‑founder of outlets Batumelebi and Netgazeti, Mzia Amaghlobeli, was fined 1,000 GEL (USD 365) for placing a protest sticker outside the regional police headquarters. The incident took place during an opposition rally in January. The sticker bore the message "Georgia Swears an Oath" and was meant [...]