A year after Mzia Amaglobeli’s arrest, press freedom groups demand her release

Authorities’ decision to prosecute her on the major criminal charge of attacking a police officer has been widely denounced as politically motivated, and comes amid a sharp authoritarian turn and press freedom crackdown by the ruling Georgian Dream party.

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