
The Kutaisi Court of Appeals rejected Mzia Amaghlobeli’s [founder and director of Batumelebi and Netgazeti] appeal and kept the journalist in pre-trial detention.
Lawyers had appealed an earlier decision by the Batumi City Court to remand her in custody.
Mzia Amaghlobeli faces a prison sentence for assaulting a police officer. She was detained after she slapped the Head of the Batumi police department, Irakli Dgebuadze.
“We will consider how to continue the legal fight”, - said Paata Diasamidze, one of Amaghlobeli’s lawyers.