Irma Dimitradze
@irmadimitradze
@netgazeti ; @Batumelebi_ge | Opinions are my own; RTs ≠ endorsements
CPJ condemns #Georgia authorities' seizure of the bank accounts of independent outlets @Batumelebi_ge and @netgazeti, days before an expected verdict in the trial of their jailed director Mzia Amaglobeli. #FreeMzia cpj.org/2025/07/georgi…
✅After Batumelebi & @netgazeti announced the seizure of its bank accounts, readers across #Georgia quickly mobilized a donation campaign - some sold their artwork, others challenged friends to contribute. In less than 12 hours, the full amount of the principal debt was raised.…
🟥What's Happening in Georgia? (Podcast) Episode 3: Mzia Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/4DQ4cD… Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/3-m… YouTube: youtube.com/@Now_in_Georgi… #FreeMzia #Georgia #GeorgiaProtests
🔴For those who want to support us, here is a link to donation campaign and every dollar matters: 👇 gofundme.com/f/help-free-ge… #FreeMzia #JournalismIsNotACrime #MediaUnderAttack #GeorgiaProtests
📢Revenue Service Seizes @Batumelebi_ge & @netgazeti's Bank Accounts 💢Statement💢👇 The Revenue Service has seized Batumelebi/Netgazeti’s bank accounts. The official reason is outstanding tax debt. The real motive, however, appears to be an attempt to shut down the media…
We need your support more than ever 👇🏻 #FreeMzia #SupportGeorgianMedia gofund.me/3e166f49
Journalist Mzia Amaglobeli has been jailed in #Georgia since January, accused of “attacking police.” Press freedom groups call her arrest politically motivated and demand her release. Journalism is not a crime. @batumelebi_ge Read more ⬇️ channeldraw.org/2025/07/18/jou…
🟥Did Irakli Kobakhidze of Georgian Dream just call Donald Trump the “Global War Party”? The Georgian Dream-appointed Prime Minister @PM_Kobakhidze claimed that increased defense spending by EU countries was demanded by the so-called “Global War Party” - while U.S. President…
🚨For 24 years, we have stood by those in need Now we need you - to keep up the fight. With @MziaAmaglobeli jailed, laws weaponized, and journalists attacked, Georgia’s free press is being strangled. 🛑 Donate - Defend Press Freedom! gofundme.com/f/help-free-ge…
📢#FreeMzia echoes across Georgia and beyond. Washington Post’s Press Freedom Initiative newsletter features Mzia Amaglobeli. @caoilfhionnanna speaks with @jrezaian about Mzia’s case and Monday’s court hearing in Batumi, Georgia, where she testified. Thanks to you both, and…
‘He kept coming toward me…' According to her, at one point Dgebuadze came close, and when Amaghlobeli looked up at him, the police chief spat in her face. After that, he ordered his officers not to provide her with even the most basic amenities. oc-media.org/cursing-spitti…
✊Together with @RukhadzeTamar attending Mzia’s hearing with this amazing team (not everyone is in the photo). Mzia’s banner, @mariaressa’s book, and the wonderful @caoilfhionnanna, @GypsyStrategy , and @gulnozas. #FreeMzia #HowToStandUpToADictator
1/4🧵 🔴 Global media in solidarity with jailed Georgian journalist @MAmaghlobeli: On July 13, IPI, RSF & CPJ visited prison site, where she’s been unjustifiably held for 6+ months. They vowed to stand with her until she is free. #FreeMzia
The world's top press freedom groups on Sunday threw their support behind a jailed Georgian journalist, warning that her prosecution signalled deepening repression as Tbilisi cracks down on dissenting voices. #FreeMzia barrons.com/news/global-pr… via @BarronsOnline
🗣️“Mzia, in your darkest moment we stand with you and we will not let go until you are free,” said Gypsy Guillen Kaiser, chief global affairs officer for @pressfreedom, speaking outside the Rustavi Women’s Prison. On July 13, representatives from the International Press…
🟥July 11 marks six months since the unlawful detention of @MAmaghlobeli, founding CEO of Batumelebi and @netgazeti. She has now spent half a year in illegal custody, and her eyesight has significantly deteriorated. 🟥Listen to Eter Turadze, co-founder of the company and…
🗣️"I’m not afraid, but an inner fear still troubles me. I’m afraid of defeat - I don’t want my generation or the next to grow up under a dictatorship," - Nineteen-year-old prisoner of conscience Saba Jikia addressed his friends before being sentenced to 4.5 years in prison 🚨On…
Who would have thought that Georgia, once the flagbearer of democracy not only in the region but among all Eastern Partnership countries, would turn into a Lukashenka-style autocracy? My speech at the @Europarl_EN as I present the Report on Georgia:
🔴 19-Year-Old Saba Jikia Sentenced to 4.5 Years in Prison as Repression Continues in #Georgia. #GeorgiaProtests #RepressionInGeorgia