The Ministry of Internal Affairs has arrested activist and teacher Nino Datashvili on charges of assaulting a bailiff at the Tbilisi City Court. The investigation is being conducted under Article 353, Section 3 of the Criminal Code.
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"Our investigation has ascertained that on June 9, 2025, Nino Datashvili, born in 1982, disobeyed bailiffs of Tbilisi City Court and assaulted one of them. We arrested Datashvili based on a judge's warrant. This crime carries a penalty of 4 to 7 years of imprisonment," stated the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
The incident that led to Nino Datashvili's arrest occurred on June 9 at the Tbilisi City Court. Nino Datashvili was standing in front of the courtroom where a session for 8 prisoners of conscience was being held. Bailiffs demanded she leave the area and physically attempted to remove her.
Nino Datashvili told them not to touch her, at which point one of them grabbed her in the chest area with both hands and tried to forcibly remove her using physical force. Nino Datashvili then slapped this specific bailiff in the face, after which the bailiff grabbed her head in his arms, choked her, and continued to try to expel her. The woman fell in the corridor of the courthouse. She was helped up. Nino Datashvili verbally insulted them, after which the bailiffs, again using force, expelled her outside.
As she was being dragged, the woman stated that she was in pain and had recently undergone surgery, but they continued to use even more excessive force against her.
Similar charges under this article of the Criminal Code have been filed against Mzia Amaglobeli, the director of Batumelebi and Netgazeti. The prosecution also accuses her of assault for slapping the Batumi police chief after Mzia Amaglobeli was unlawfully detained for posting a sticker. While unlawfully detained, Mzia Amaglobeli overheard the Batumi police chief beating detained male activists. After Mzia Amaglobeli's release, her relatives, the Gabaidze brothers, were also unlawfully detained and physically assaulted in the police department building. After she slapped him, the Batumi police chief, Irakli Dgebuadze, cursed at and spat on detained Mzia Amaglobeli. For more than three hours, lawyers were not allowed access to the detainee, nor was she given drinking water or access to a restroom. Mzia Amaglobeli has been imprisoned for over five months on charges of assaulting a police officer. The criminal acts committed against her remain uninvestigated to this day. Irakli Dgebuadze still retains his position as the Batumi police chief. The Prosecutor's Office has not even recognized Mzia Amaglobeli as a victim.
