SANAMASHVILI v. GEORGIA

SECOND SECTIONDECISIONApplication no. 26173/10by Avtandil SANAMASHVILIagainst GeorgiaThe European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting on 14 December 2010 as a Committee composed of: Danutė Jočienė, President, Nona Tsotsoria, Guido Raimondi, judges,and Françoise Elens-Passos, Deputy Section Registrar,Having regard to the above application lodged on 6 May 2010,Having regard to the observations submitted by the respondent Government and to the applicant’s letter of 4 November 2010,Having deliberated, decides as follows:THE FACTSThe applicant, Mr Avtandil Sanamashvili, is a Georgian national who was born in 1978 and is currently detained in Tbilisi no. 10 prison. He was represented before the Court by Mr Davit Jinjolava, a lawyer practising in Tbilisi. The Georgian Government (“the Government”) were represented by their Agent, Mr Levan Meskhoradze of the Ministry of Justice.On 18 …