The mothers of Georgians arrested during the protests have been travelling across the country to share letters from their imprisoned children.
Anastasia Zinovkina and Artem Gribul were active in the protests against Georgian Dream and believe the drugs were planted on them.
Several protesters and journalists were left injured after the attacks by supporters of the ruling Georgian Dream party.
Over the course of two days, from 2-3 September, Tbilisi City Court sentenced 20 people from two to two and half years in jail and one protester to eight and a half years in jail on drug charges — another protester was cleared of drug charges. Since the summer, media has been banned from filming inside the courtrooms, court buildings, and courtyards, but since the ban came to force, the practice has been such that the court bailiff and police have been more relaxed on this ban in the courtyard
Tedo Abramov was cleared of drug charges while Davit Khomeriki was found guilty of possessing a Molotov cocktail during the protests.
Saba Jikia, the convicted protester, has maintained his innocence.
