KOTCHLAMAZASHVILI v. GEORGIA

THIRD SECTIONDECISIONApplication no. 42270/10Mamuka KOTCHLAMAZASHVILIagainst GeorgiaThe European Court of Human Rights (Third Section), sitting on 3 April 2012 as a Chamber composed of: Josep Casadevall, President, Corneliu Bîrsan, Egbert Myjer, Ján Šikuta, Ineta Ziemele, Nona Tsotsoria, Kristina Pardalos, judges,and Marialena Tsirli, Deputy Section Registrar,Having regard to the above application lodged on 19 July 2010,Having regard to the interim measure indicated to the respondent Government under Rule 39 of the Rules of Court,Having regard to the observations submitted by the respondent Government and the applicant’s letter of 21 October 2011,Having deliberated, decides as follows:THE FACTS1.  The applicant, Mr Mamuka Kotchlamazashvili, is a Georgian national who was born in 1971. He was represented before the Court by Mr Mamuka Nozadze, a lawyer practising in Gori. The Georgian Gove …