EDIGARASHVILI v. GEORGIA

THIRD SECTIONDECISIONApplication no. 22325/10Vakhtang EDIGARASHVILIagainst GeorgiaThe European Court of Human Rights (Third Section), sitting on 10 July 2012 as a Committee composed of: Ján Šikuta, President, Ineta Ziemele, Nona Tsotsoria, judges,and Marialena Tsirli, Deputy Section Registrar,Having regard to the above application lodged on 22 April 2010,Having deliberated, decides as follows:THE FACTSThe applicant, Mr Vakhtang Edigarashvili, is a Georgian national, who was born in 1988 and has been serving a five years prison sentence since 2009. He was represented before the Court by Mr Roland Asakashvili, a lawyer practising in Tbilisi. The Georgian Government (“the Government”) were represented by their Agent, Mr Levan Meskhoradze, of the Ministry of Justice.On 5 October 2011 the Court gave notice to the respondent Government of the applicant’s complaint under Article 3 of the Conven …