Court sentences Georgian citizen to 12 years on terrorism charges

According to the Prosecutor's Office of Georgia, the Tbilisi City Court, on the basis of the evidence presented by the Prosecutor's Office, found Tsiskara Tokhosashvili guilty of joining a foreign terrorist organization and promoting terrorism, and sentenced him to 12 years in prison on August 15.

Tokhosashvili was detained at the Tbilisi airport by the State Security Service on December 7, 2022. According to the service, Tokhosashvili, also known as “Emir Isa”, went to the Middle East in 2015 and joined the Islamic State. He was considered an influential figure among the members of the organization and had close relations with various influential leaders of the Islamic State.