The Center for Media, Information and Social Research (CMIS) has documented 542 incidents of violations of the rights of journalists, media organizations, and non-governmental organizations working on media issues between January 2024 and October 2025. These incidents directly or indirectly affected hundreds of individuals.
Our monitoring revealed that at least 177 women employed in various media outlets – including journalists, camera operators, photographers, and editors – were among those affected.
The Most Common Violations Recorded in the Incident Database of the Center for Media, Information and Social Research from a Gender Perspective
On January 12, 2025, Mzia Amaglobeli, the founder of online publications Netgazeti and Batumelebi, was arrested. According to local and international organizations, her arrest and subsequent imprisonment were politically motivated. On August 6, Amaglobeli was sentenced to two years in prison.
Our data analysis shows that at least 53 women were physically assaulted and/or injured during the monitoring period. Some journalist were repeatedly assaulted. It should be noted that there were two cases of arrest among women – both affected Mzia Amaglobeli.
Female media representatives are often targets of verbal attacks, including insults, discrediting, and threats, our monitoring has collected 46 such cases. As for restrictions on professional activities, women were banned from filming 32 times and fined 24 times.
Methodology:
- The data are based on publicly available sources.
- In most cases, the rights of the same journalist were violated multiple times.
- In many instances, the same journalist was subjected to more than one type of violation.
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