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Mzia Amaghlobeli Ends Hunger Strike

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Mzia Amaghlobeli, the imprisoned journalist and director of Batumelebi/Netgazeti, has ended her hunger strike after 38 days, her colleague Eter Turadze announced on February 18, reading out Amaghlobeli’s letter sent from the Vivamedi clinic. “Against the backdrop of a tragedy that occurred in Batumi’s Dream Town, where two minor children fell into a ditch and died, it is incredibly difficult for me to hear society’s concerns about my health and …

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Georgian journalist Mzia Amaglobeli ends hunger strike

Mzia Amoglobeli, founder of the independent Georgian outlets Netgazeti and Batumelebi, has resumed eating on the 38th day of her hunger strike. She informed her colleagues of her decision in a letter, which was read aloud by Batumelebi‘s editor-in-chief, Eteri Turadze, in the courtyard of the Vivamedi clinic. Mzia Amaglobeli is the first female journalist in Georgia to be recognized as a prisoner of conscience. She was jailed on charges of “assa…

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