Georgian Journalist Jailed for Slapping Police Chief | JQJO

Georgian journalist Mzia Amaghlobeli received a two-year prison sentence for slapping a police chief during an anti-government protest. The conviction, condemned by rights groups as an attack on press freedom, follows a series of crackdowns on civil society and democratic rights in Georgia. Amaghlobeli, founder of two independent news outlets, maintains she acted in self-defense after being assaulted by police. International observers and Western embassies criticized the verdict, citing intimidation of journalists and erosion of press freedom in the country.