Former SSG and MIA Employees Sentenced to Five Years Each for Violence Against Khabeishvili

Former employees of the State Security Service and the Ministry of Internal Affairs charged with physically assaulting Levan Khabeishvili, one of the leaders of the United National Movement, have been sentenced to five years in prison each. The verdict was announced yesterday, but neither Khabeishvili nor his lawyer were present at the trial. The human rights defender learned of the verdict from a prosecutor's phone call, as did Guram Rogava and Zviad Maisashvili in their cases.