SAMIEV v. GEORGIA

SECOND SECTIONDECISIONApplication no. 9934/10by Nizomzhon SAMIEVagainst GeorgiaThe European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting on 16 November 2010 as a Chamber composed of: Ireneu Cabral Barreto, President, Danutė Jočienė, Dragoljub Popović, András Sajó, Nona Tsotsoria, Kristina Pardalos, Guido Raimondi, judges,and Stanley Naismith, Section Registrar,Having regard to the above application lodged on 17 February 2010,Having regard to the interim measure indicated to the respondent Government under Rule 39 of the Rules of Court,Having regard to the decision to grant priority to the above application under Rule 41 of the Rules of Court,Having regard to the parties’ observations,Having deliberated, decides as follows:THE FACTSThe applicant, Mr Nizomzhon Samiev, is an Uzbek national who was born in 1975. He was represented before the Court by Mr Joni Kobalia, a lawyer practising i …