Morris Machalikashvili"s case was dismissed by the Court of Appeal - the lawyer was appealing for changing the detention as a preventive measure. Machalikashvili"s lawyer finds the decision of the Court of Appeal to be unfounded and does not rule out that the ruling may be used to influence Machalikashvili"s family.
EMC also speaks about the politicization of the law enforcement systems. Apart from Machalikashvili, the court has also found inadmissible the appeals of three other persons detained in connection with the events of June 20-21.
“This reasoning of the Court of Appeal is problematic and unsubstantiated since neither the first instance court nor the Court of Appeal refers to concrete evidence. In the case of Moris Machalikashvili, there is a legitimate suspicion that this can be viewed as a tool of political influence and of influencing Malkhaz Machalikashvili"s just protest, ”said lawyer Ketevan Chutlashvili.