Amaglobeli was sentenced to two years in prison in Batumi in August last year for slapping a police officer during an anti-government protest.
She spent 38 days on hunger strike after her arrest.
The award was accepted on her behalf by Georgian journalist Irma Dimitradze. Former Polish President Lech Wałęsa also attended the ceremony.
Dimitradze said she had the honour of being Amaglobeli's voice for the past year and a half.
She said Amaglobeli was moved and honoured by the award, while stressing that the recognition represented not only her own struggle but also the struggle of all Georgian journalists for freedom of speech.
Sikorski said Amaglobeli's story showed that defending freedom and respecting human dignity is everyone's responsibility, and that freedom of speech needs protection, particularly when the views being expressed are inconvenient.
Wałęsa spoke about the need to discuss the challenges the new generations face.
“Today, we need to discuss these issues and gather good ideas from around the world, because they can be found in different places. If we speed up this discussion, and I believe that some people will turn these ideas into programmes and structures, then our generation will achieve victory, and this will be confirmation of that victory,” the former president said.
Amaglobeli is the founder of two independent Georgian news outlets, Batumelebi and Netgazeti, which have operated for nearly a quarter of a century.
Both outlets and Amaglobeli herself have received awards for brave reporting and high standards of journalistic ethics.
The Lech Wałęsa Solidarity Prize is awarded for special efforts to promote and protect democracy and civil liberties. The winner receives PLN 1 million (EUR 228,600).
Previous recipients listed in the source include Mustafa Dzhemilev (2014), Zhanna Nemtsova (2015), Pavel Latushka (2024) and Berta Soler Fernandez (2025).
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Source: PAP