Saakashvili required medical attention after a fall.

Georgia's third president, Mikheil Saakashvili, lost consciousness in prison and suffered injuries, including to his head.

As reported by the "Caucasian Knot," on March 12, 2025, the Tbilisi City Court sentenced Mikheil Saakashvili to nine years in prison, finding him guilty of embezzlement of budget funds. This charge was brought against Saakashvili back in 2014. At the hearing, the Penitentiary Service presented a certificate stating that Saakashvili did not wish to participate in the trial remotely and requested that the hearing be postponed until he recovered.

Journalist Nanuka Zhorzholiani, founder of the Nanuka Foundation, reported that Georgia's third president, Mikheil Saakashvili, was injured.

"Yesterday he lost consciousness in his cell, suffered head and limb injuries when he fell, and required resuscitation," she wrote on her Facebook page*.

According to her, the prison administration called doctors from the penitentiary service in Tbilisi.
"Since 2021, he has had several chronic illnesses, which was likely the cause of this incident," Tbilisi Life quotes her as saying.

The penitentiary service of the Georgian Ministry of Justice confirmed that Saakashvili felt ill and needed medical attention. "All necessary medical procedures were carried out, including an X-ray, which did not reveal any injuries," the ministry's statement was quoted as saying by Novosti Gruzii. The Justice Ministry did not report the nature of the attack or the cause, noting that Saakashvili's condition had stabilized. As a reminder, following his arrest in late September 2021, Saakashvili went on hunger strike three times: the first lasted 50 days in October-November 2021, and the second lasted 20 days in February-March 2022. Saakashvili announced his third hunger strike on December 14, 2022, but on the same day, members of the European Parliament persuaded him to end the hunger strike. Saakashvili's defense has repeatedly stated that his health is in jeopardy, according to the "Caucasian Knot" archival report "Saakashvili's Hunger Strike: What is Known About His Condition."

More information about the charges brought against Mikheil Saakashvili can be found in the biographical report prepared by the "Caucasian Knot." What Saakashvili should have feared upon returning to his homeland was discussed in the "Caucasian Knot" report "Is Saakashvili facing prison after returning to Georgia?"; news about the events surrounding the politician's trial is published on the page "Saakashvili under trial".