Mzia Amaglobeli's lawyers have filed an appeal in court

Mzia Amaglobeli's lawyers appealed the verdict handed down by the Batumi City Court on August 6, which sentenced Mzia Amaglobeli to 2 years in prison.

As "Kavkazsky Uzel" wrote, Irakli Dgebuadze, for whose slap journalist Mzia Amaglobeli was convicted, has left his post as head of the Batumi police. He has been transferred to work in the Central Criminal Police Department in Tbilisi.

"The contested verdict is illegal and unfounded, extremely formulaic, does not fully reflect the results of the examination of evidence in the court session, does not respond to any of the defense's arguments and does not evaluate any of the evidence presented by them," Mzia Amaglobeli's lawyer Giorgi Khimshiashvili told the Batumelebi publication.

"The verdict is so unfounded, both from a factual and legal point of view, that it seems as if it was written by a person who was not present at the court sessions for 5 months. Accordingly, it does not analyze or evaluate any of the defense's arguments that they substantiated and challenged, including their closing arguments," the defense lawyer added. According to the lawyers, Judge Nino Ismashvili violated the statutory deadline for passing a verdict on the parties. "The case was neither complex nor multi-faceted, the court not only failed to issue a verdict within the 5-day period established by law, but also violated the 14-day period for issuing a verdict. The verdict was issued in violation of the statutory deadline of August 25, 2025, which shortened the period for filing an appeal," the lawyers summarized.

Earlier, "Caucasian Knot" wrote that the imprisoned founder of the Batumelebi/Netgazeti publications Mzia Amaglobeli has been nominated for the 2025 Vaclav Havel Prize.