Protesters in Georgia called for the release of female political prisoners.

A rally in support of female political prisoners, including Anastasia Zinovkina and Mzia Amaglobeli, was held outside the women's prison in Rustavi.

As reported by the "Caucasian Knot," on February 11, participants in the daily meeting on Rustaveli Avenue held a picket outside the parliament building in support of political prisoners, including with posters dedicated to Anastasia Zinovkina.

In honor of International Women's Day, demonstrators expressed their support for Mzia Amaglobeli, Anastasia Zinovkina, Elena Khoshtaria, and other prisoners they consider prisoners of conscience. Protesters gathered outside the prison where the women are being held. The sign in the first photo reads, "Congratulations, free women of the world: Mzia, Elena, Nana, Anastasia, Tamar!", writes Netgazeti.

"We celebrate this day under the conditions of the 'dream' regime outside the prison where the women are being held illegally." "We have several female political prisoners imprisoned under criminal law, and about 100 women arrested under administrative law—Georgia's history is unparalleled; this is our reality today," Publika quotes protester Marika Arevadze as saying.

In August 2025, a court in Batumi sentenced Mzia Amaglobeli to two years in prison for slapping the city's police chief. Amaglobeli's charges were reduced in the final stages of the trial; the original charge carried a sentence of four to seven years in prison. The appellate court upheld the sentence. The defense appealed this decision. Judges of the Supreme Court of Georgia ruled out the possibility of reviewing the sentence of Mzia Amaglobeli, founder of the publications Netgazeti and Batumelebi, refusing to consider her defense's appeal.

On the night of January 12, 2025, 10 people were detained in Batumi, including Mzia Amaglobeli. Amaglobeli was detained for posting a poster calling for a general strike on a wall. When Amaglobeli was released, she found herself in a stampede where an incident occurred involving the city's police chief, Irakli Dgebuadze. According to a silent video published by the pro-government television channel Imedi, Amaglobeli, surrounded and held by police, said something to Dgebuadze, who responded and turned away. Amaglobeli sharply rebuked him and slapped him. The journalist was subsequently detained again, according to the Caucasian Knot report "The Mzia Amaglobeli Case: Circumstances of the Arrest and the Campaign in Defense of the Journalist."

Protesters in Georgia have been demanding new parliamentary elections and the release of political prisoners since November 28, 2024. Security forces violently dispersed the protests, using tear gas and water cannons, and detained protesters. Over 1,000 people were subjected to administrative prosecution during the protests. The "Caucasian Knot" has prepared a report "The Main Thing About the Persecution of Protest Participants in Georgia".