NIZHARADZE v. GEORGIA

THIRD SECTIONDECISIONApplication no. 34361/10by Giorgi NIZHARADZEagainst GeorgiaThe European Court of Human Rights (Third Section), sitting on 8 March 2011 as a Committee composed of: Alvina Gyulumyan, President, Luis López Guerra, Nona Tsotsoria, judges,and Marialena Tsirli, Deputy Section Registrar,Having regard to the above application lodged on 16 June 2010,Having regard to the observations submitted by the respondent Government on 29 October 2010,Having regard to the applicant’s letter of 16 December 2010,Having deliberated, decides as follows:THE FACTSThe applicant, Mr Giorgi Nizharadze, is a Georgian national who was born in 1973 and is currently detained in a medical establishment of the Ministry of Penitentiary, Probation and Legal Assistance (“the prison hospital”). He was represented before the Court by Ms Maia Donadze, a lawyer practising in Tbilisi. The Georgian Government ( …