AMAGHLOBELI v. GEORGIA

Published on 15 July 2025 FOURTH SECTIONApplication no. 13661/25Mzia AMAGHLOBELIagainst Georgialodged on 28 April 2025communicated on 23 June 2025STATEMENT OF FACTSThe application primarily concerns the arrest and subsequent pre-trial detention of the applicant, a well-known journalist in Georgia, on charges of attacking a police officer in the course of his duties (a criminal offence under Article 353(1) of the Criminal Code).In particular, on the evening of 11 January 2025, a demonstration was held in Batumi in front of the Ajarian Police Department, in which the applicant also participated. At one point, following other demonstrators, the applicant placed a sticker with the slogan “Georgia is going on a strike” on the façade of the police building. She was immediately arrested under Article 150 of the Code of Administrative Offences (“putting unauthorised writing, drawings, or symbols …