⭕️Despite the MIA’s warning earlier today that any gatherings would be treated as a “continuation of attempts to overthrow the government,” the road on #Tbilisi’s Rustaveli Avenue was blocked once again for the 312th consecutive day. #GeorgiaProtests #Georgia

⭕️President Salome Zourabichvili called on citizens to defend #GeorgiaProtests and continue peaceful resistance after the MIA labeled all gatherings as an “attempt to overthrow the govt.” She said a Russian psychological operation failed on Oct 4, and that the regime’s goal is to crush the protest

⭕️The State Security Service of Georgia (SSSG) claims that a large quantity of firearms, ammunition, and explosives with a detonator has been discovered in connection with October 4 events. 💢Learn more details: batumelebi.netgazeti.ge/articles-in-... #Georgia #GeorgiaProtests

🟥 Lekso Burchuladze told TV Pirveli that he believes the plan was not to storm the Presidential Palace, but that there may have been another plan, possibly involving a peaceful entry – “they would have come over to our side”. 💢Rad more: batumelebi.netgazeti.ge/articles-in-... #GeorgiaProtests

🟥On Oct 5, the MIA issued a statement warning that any assembly held today or in the coming days would be considered a continuation of attempted “overthrow of the govt” and that appropriate measures would be taken. 💢Learn the details: batumelebi.netgazeti.ge/articles-in-... #GeorgiaProtests

📍 Situation at Atoneli Street, near the Orbeliani Presidential Palace: clashes periodically intensify between special forces and gathered protesters. 💢A larger group of demonstrators remains on Rustaveli Avenue. #GeorgiaProtests

⭕️One of the organizers of the October 4 rally, Paata Burchuladze, became unwell and was taken away by an ambulance crew. 💢According to Burchuladze, he is going for a medical check-up and plans to return to the rally soon. #GeorgiaProtests

🔴 Photos from Atoneli Street, near the Presidential Palace, where special forces used tear gas and water cannons. #GeorgiaProtests

🔴 GD-appointed PM, Irakli Kobakhidze, said that a criminal offense was committed on Atoneli Street, where the Presidential Administration is located, and that all offenders will be held accountable. Some of the protesters broke through the fence of the Presidential Palace and entered the courtyard.

⭕️5th president of #Georgia, Salome Zourabichvili, speaking from Rustaveli Ave, condemned the attempted takeover of Presidential Palace as a provocation to discredit #GeorgiaProtests. She said protesters who’ve been on the streets for 310 days remain committed to non-violence and stay on Rustaveli

🟥 At the Orbeliani Presidential Palace, special forces have deployed tear gas and water cannons. Netgazeti reporter on the ground says there are injured people at the scene. 🟩 Footage also shows special forces detaining citizens. #GeorgiaProtests

🟥After Paata Burchuladze and others declared that “the people are taking back power” and marched to “get the keys to the Presidential Palace,” leading to clashes, the 5th President of #Georgia published a post rejecting the move - apparently the “surprise” Burchuladze had promised earlier.

🟥 Local self-government elections in #Batumi - situation at polling stations between 5–6 PM. ⭕️As GD holds #GEOLocalElections2025 - boycotted by several oppo parties - and against the backdrop of more than 60 political prisoners, #GeorgiaProtests movement is staging a massive rally in #Tbilisi.

⭕️October 4, 2025 - #Tbilisi #GeorgiaProtests

⭕️The protest moved from parliament building to the Liberty Square. As GD holds #GEOLocalElections2025 - boycotted by several oppo parties - and against the backdrop of more than 60political prisoners, #GeorgiaProtests movement is staging a massive rally in #Tbilisi

🗣️“Don’t give up, be strong, brave and every time believe in freedom - freedom for Georgian people, freedom for all Caucasus and freedom for Mzia,” says Roza Dunayeva, Representative of the Chechen Republic of #Ichkeria in Austria, who joined the solidarity protest in Vienna. #GeorgiaProtests

⭕️Protesters are joining the rally on Rustaveli Ave, chanting “Glory to #Georgia”. As Georgian Dream holds #GEOLocalElections2025 - boycotted by several oppo parties - and against the backdrop of more than 60 political prisoners, #GeorgiaProtests movement is staging a massive rally in #Tbilisi.

⭕️The “Revolutionary March of Youth” has set off from #Tbilisi State University toward the Parliament building. ⭕️A large-scale rally is scheduled to take place this evening, with groups joining the protest by marching from several locations across the city. #GeorgiaProtests

⭕️ Georgian jazz legend, 90-year-old Giuli Chokheli, joined the #GeorgiaProtests in #Tbilisi, holding portraits of two prisoners of conscience - veteran journalist and media founder Mzia Amaglobeli, and renowned actor Andro Chichinadze. #GEOLocalElections2025

⭕️While Georgian Dream is holding local elections boycotted by several opposition parties, groups of citizens from the regions are heading to #Tbilisi to join tonight’s protest. Videos from the highway are being shared on social media. #GeorgiaProtests #GEOLocalElections2025

1/3 ⭕️On October 4, local self-govt elections are taking place in #Georgia, which several opposition parties are boycotting. 🔴In parallel with the elections, a large-scale protest rally is planned in #Tbilisi. #GeorgiaProtests #GEOLocalElections2025 Photos: #Batumi

⭕️Acco/to MFA of the Czech Republic, the asdded five Georgian regime representatives to the sanctions list over the brutal crackdown on 2024–25 peaceful protests. 🗣️“We stand with a democratic and free #Georgia,” the ministry said. #GeorgiaProtests #TerrorInGeorgia #RepressionInGeorgia

🗣️“Offering your support to #Georgia is not only an act of solidarity – it is the pragmatic choice. Another repressive regime in the neighbourhood would endanger Europe’s own security. To abandon Georgia now would be to reward Russia’s aggression,” - unlawfully jailed journalist Mzia Amaglobeli to EU

⭕ Propagandist Zaza Shatirishvili claims that part of the youth is “redundant” and should leave #Georgia - "just as the communists left the Basque Country during Franco’s regime". He praised the dictator and said that GD likewise defends religion. 🔴 batumelebi.ge/articles-in-... #TerrorInGeorgia

🔴Armenia’s Appeals Court refused to free Georgian citizen Giorgi Kinoiani, w anted by #Russia for alleged involvement in the war in #Ukraine. He was detained on Sept 3, placed in 40-day extradition custody & now faces extradition to Russia. #Georgia #Armenia batumelebi.netgazeti.ge/articles-in-...

🔴 258 days of unlawful imprisonment for journalist & media founder Mzia Amaglobeli 🔴 258 days without justice for police abuse and inhuman treatment 🔴 258 days of disinformation & smear campaigns by GD officials 🟢 But also 258 days of strong, united public support - #FreeMzia. #RepressionInGeorgia

🟥This time, the #UK Ambassador has been summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Gareth Ward, the United Kingdom’s Ambassador to #Georgia, is already at the Ministry for the meeting. The Ambassador did not make any comments to the media before entering.

🟥Georgia’s First Woman Journalist Prisoner of Conscience, Mzia Amaglobeli, Wins Forum 2000 International Award for Courage and Responsibility. #Georgia #FreeMzia #RepressionInGeorgia

🟥According to TV Pirveli, German Ambassador to #Georgia Peter Pischer is summoned to the Foreign Ministry. 🗣️"It is the first time in the history of modern Georgia’s relations with Germany that a German ambassador has been summoned to the Ministry," - TV Pirveli qoutes Fischer. #RepressionInGeorgia

🟥On the 255th day of her unlawful detention, Mzia Amaglobeli was nominated for #SakharovPrize 🟥Nomination “Mzia Amaglobeli and Georgia’s Pro-Democracy Protest Movement,” was initiated by Rasa Juknevičienė, Tobias Cremer, Petras Austrevicius, Sergey Lagodinsky, and co-signed by 66 MEPs from 5 groups

🟥 Founder of independent media outlets and prominent journalist, Mzia Amaglobeli, has been unjustly imprisoned for 254 days. 💢 She is the first journalist in #Georgia to be recognized as a prisoner of conscience since the collapse of the Soviet Union. freemzia.com #Journalismisnotacrime #FreeMzia

🟥Media founder and prominent Georgian journalist Mzia Amaglobeli has been unlawfully imprisoned for 253 days. 💢She is the first journalist in #Georgia to be recognized as a prisoner of conscience since the end of Soviet times. freemzia.com #Journalismisnotacrime #FreeMzia #RepressionInGeorgia

🟥Media founder and prominent 🇬🇪journalist Mzia Amaglobeli has been unlawfully imprisoned for 252 days. 💢She is the first journalist in #Georgia to be recognized as a prisoner of conscience since the end of Soviet times. www.freemzia.com #Journalismisnotacrime #FreeMzia

🟥Media founder and prominent Georgian journalist Mzia Amaglobeli has been unlawfully imprisoned for 251 days. 💢She is the first journalist in #Georgia to be recognized as a prisoner of conscience since the collapse of the Soviet Union. batumelebi.netgazeti.ge/tag/mzia-ama... #FreeMzia

1/6 🆘 Media founder and prominent Georgian journalist Mzia Amaglobeli has been unlawfully imprisoned for 250 days. ❌ She is the first journalist in #Georgia to be recognized as a prisoner of conscience since the collapse of the Soviet Union. #FreeMzia #JournalismIsNotACrime #RepressionInGeorgia

🚨 Elene Khoshtaria, leader of Droa Party, was arrested for writing “Russian Dream” on Kakha Kaladze’s campaign banner. 👉She expressed solidarity with 23yo student Megi Diasamidze, also facing criminal charges for 'damaging' a banner. batumelebi.netgazeti.ge/articles-in-... #RepressionInGeorgia

🗣️You want to send me - a father of eight, suffering from a concussion - into detention,” said Juansher Burchuladze, the former defense minister from the Georgian Dream cabinet, addressing the judge after prosecutors requested pre-trial detention as a restrictive measure against him. #Georgia

🟥 Saba Bakhia, founder of Balenciaga’s official support account @DemnaGram on Instagram, Threads, and the Chinese platform RED, opened his speech at the #AdBlackSea25 Festival in #Batumi by addressing the case of Mzia Amaglobeli and other political prisoners. #Georgia #GeorgiaProtests

🟥Citing the proverb “If the heart desires, the kada (a festive sweet bread) is eaten with both hands,” Shalva Papuashvili said “Where there’s a will, there’s a way” — arguing @odihr.pl could have observed #GEOLocalElections2025 despite its refusal over the late invitation. #Georgia

‼️State Security Service arrests former Defense Minister in the Georgian Dream cabinet(2021-2024), Juansher Burchuladze ⭕️Charge: abuse of official authority and legalization of illicit income, involving particularly large sums. ⭕️He faces 9–12 years in prison. #Georgia

📢 Honoring courageous investigative journalism under extreme conditions, the @frittord.bsky.social & ZEIT Stiftung announce #FreeMediaAwards2025 winners: jailed Georgian journalist Mzia Amaglobeli and journalists/media from #Ukraine, #Hungary, #Russia, #Belarus & #Azerbaijan. #JournalismIsNotACrime

🆘 Batumelebi has collected video footage of multiple violent attacks by GD members and activists against protesters, journalists, and even police on the night of September 8. 🟥 Several people were injured. Attackers have been identified by media, yet no arrests have been made. #GeorgiaProtests

🟥Sept 8, #Tbilisi - GD activists attacked journalists & protesters despite heavy police presence. Several injured. 🟥Journalists were targeted, their phones stolen & passed to cars. 🟥One phone was retrieved by a Netgazeti reporter, Ketevan Khutsishvili, who confronted the thief. #GeorgiaProtests

🟥Those injured during the confrontation near Kaladze’s campaign headquarters on Melikishvili Ave were attended to by emergency services in ambulances that arrived at Kashveti. Several of the injured had to be taken to a hospital. #GeorgiaProtests #Georgia #RepressionInGeorgia

⭕️Hungarian journalist László Róbert Mezes was injured on Melikishvili Avenue in #Tbilisi, as Georgian Dream supporters attacked protesters and journalists outside Kakha Kaladze’s election campaign HQ. @laszlorobertmezes.bsky.social #GeorgiaProtests #Georgia #RepressionInGeorgia

🟥“It’s a shame how you’re treating a media representative. Just take your hand off me, I’m leaving,” — said a Netgazeti reporter as a police officer swore at her, dragged her away, and obstructed her work on Melikishvili Ave, outside Kakha Kaladze’s campaign HQ. #GeorgiaProtests

🟥"We will fight everywhere before it's too late" - A new platform, #MziaMovement, uniting the Georgian diaspora in twenty countries, has launched. 🎯Its goal: freeing political prisoners & pushing sanctions against GD officials involved in torture, unlawful detentions, & prosecutions ( #MziaList)

🔴 Georgian Dream–appointed President Mikheil Kveliashvili pardons Lelo leaders Mamuka Khazaradze & Badri Japaridze, while other opposition figures remain jailed. Lelo, with For Georgia, joins local elections as most opposition boycotts. #Georgia #RepressionInGeorgia #TerrorInGeorgia

🚨 Journalist Mzia Amaglobeli’s lawyers have appealed the 2-year prison sentence handed down by Batumi City Court. They argue the verdict is unlawful, unfounded, and violates her right to a fair trial. #RepressionInGeorgia #JournalismIsNotAcrime #FreeMzia batumelebi.netgazeti.ge/articles-in-...

🗣️“Down with Russia’s rotten empire!” “No justice, no peace,” and other chants were heard as #GeorgiaProtests participants gathered on Melikishvili Avenue outside Kakha Kaladze’s campaign headquarters, then marched to Rustaveli Ave to join the daily protest on its 280th consecutive day. #Tbilisi