On March 10, 2026, it was revealed that the “Georgian Dream” government denied a visiting delegation from the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly permission to visit the founder of the publications Batumelebi and Netgazeti, journalist Mzia Amaghlobeli, in prison.

“We requested to visit the prisoners who are in jail, particularly the Sakharov Prize laureate [Mzia Amaghlobeli]. We expressed this to the Prime Minister, the President of the country, the Minister of Internal Affairs, and the Speaker of Parliament. And they replied to us: No,” stated Pere Joan Pons Sampietro, President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, during his official visit to Georgia while speaking with journalists.

This fact is also confirmed by a statement released by the delegation regarding their visit to Georgia. This is not the first time “Georgian Dream” has prevented an international delegation from visiting journalist Mzia Amaghlobeli. In November 2025, members of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) who were in Tbilisi attempted to visit the detained journalist, but were refused entry to her prison cell. Similarly, in May 2025, a delegation of MEPs in Tbilisi was also unable to obtain permission to see Mzia Amaghlobeli.