GABEDAVA v. GEORGIA

SECOND SECTIONDECISIONApplication no. 65063/09by Serapion GABEDAVAagainst GeorgiaThe European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting on 28 January 2011 as a Committee composed of: Dragoljub Popović, President, Nona Tsotsoria, Kristina Pardalos, judges,and Françoise Elens-Passos, Deputy Section Registrar,Having regard to the above application lodged on 19 November 2009,Having regard to the parties’ observations,Having regard to the applicant’s letter of 20 November 2010,Having deliberated, decides as follows:THE FACTSThe applicant, Mr Serapion Gabedava, is a Georgian national who was born in 1985 and, prior to his imprisonment, lived in the village of Kortskheli, Zugdidi District. He was represented before the Court by Mr Vakhtang Gabedava, a lawyer practising in Zugdidi. The Georgian Government (“the Government”) were represented by their Agent, Mr Levan Meskhoradze of the Minis …