The Tbilisi City Court found Tsiskara Tokhosashvili guilty of joining a foreign terrorist organization and assisting in terrorist activities, on the basis of evidence presented by the Prosecutor’s Office.

He was charged under Article 328 of the Criminal Code of Georgia [joining a foreign terrorist organization and supporting terrorist activities].

The evidence examined during the trial “proved that the accused joined the terrorist organization ISIS and took an active part in the armed actions carried out by “Islamic State” on the territory of Syria”.

The court found Tsiskara Tokhosashvili guilty and sentenced him to 12 years of imprisonment.

Tokhosashvili, a citizen of Georgia, was detained at the Tbilisi International Airport by the State Security Service [SSS] on December 7, 2022.

The SSS noted that Tokhosashvili, also known as “Emir Isa”, left Georgia for the Middle East in 2015 and joined the Islamic State. He was considered “quite an influential figure” among the members of the Islamic State and had close links with other influential leaders.