
Georgian state council rejects early release for journalist Mzia Amaghlobeli
The council rejected the request because Amaghlobeli has not ‘expressed remorse’ for slapping police Chief Irakli Dgebuadze.

The council rejected the request because Amaghlobeli has not ‘expressed remorse’ for slapping police Chief Irakli Dgebuadze.

Families, journalists, and activists spent two snowy days outside Georgian prisons hoping for a presidential pardon for imprisoned government critics.

Amaghlobeli was detained last January and later sentenced to two years in prison.

Amaghlobeli’s side sought a public retraction of Kobakhidze’s accusations.

The hearing lasted around seven hours, five of which consisted of lawyer Maia Mtsariashvili’s concluding speech.

The short documentaries were screened at the London Georgian Film Festival the same day as Georgia’s controversial municipal elections.

Mzia Amaghlobeli was sentenced to two years in prison for slapping Batumi’s police chief during a heated argument.