Reporters Without Borders (RWB), an international non-profit organisation, echoed the sentencing of Mzia Amaglobeli, calling on the authorities “to put an end to this travesty of justice and to release the journalist immediately.”

“On Wednesday, August 6, the court in Batumi, Georgia, handed down its verdict: journalist Mzia Amaghlobeli, co-founder of the independent media outlets ბათუმელები • Batumelebi.ge and Netgazeti, was sentenced to two years in prison for the criminal offense of “assaulting a police officer” following a symbolic slap.

We call on the authorities to put an end to this travesty of justice and to release the journalist immediately,” the RWB stated.

Batumi City Court has sentenced Mzia Amaglobeli, founder of the Batumelebi and Netgazeti media outlets, to two years in prison.