Georgian authorities have sentenced Tornike Toshkhua for displaying a poster mocking Bidzina Ivanishvili, just days after he was arrested and previously fined on the same grounds.

Protesters Tornike Toshkhua and Mindia Shervashidze, initially sentenced to one year for group violence, have been granted early release after an appellate court reduced their prison sentences.

Protesters Tornike Toshkhua and Mindia Shervashidze have been sentenced to one year in prison by the Tbilisi City Court after being found guilty of group violence.