MANUKYAN v. GEORGIA

THIRD SECTIONDECISIONApplication no. 53073/07Karen MANUKYANagainst GeorgiaThe European Court of Human Rights (Third Section), sitting on 9 October 2012 as a Chamber composed of: Josep Casadevall, President, Egbert Myjer, Corneliu Bîrsan, Alvina Gyulumyan, Ján Šikuta, Luis López Guerra, Nona Tsotsoria, judges,and Santiago Quesada, Section Registrar,Having regard to the above application lodged on 14 November 2007,Having regard to the Government’s observations dated 17 September 2011,Having deliberated, decides as follows:THE FACTS1.   The applicant, Mr Karen Manukyan, is a Georgian national, who was born in 1982 and lives in Rustavi. He was represented before the Court by Mr Zaza Khatiashvili and Mr Levan Javakhadze, lawyers practising in Tbilisi. The Georgian Government (“the Government”) were represented by their Agent, Mr Levan Meskhoradze of the Ministry of Justice.A.  The circumstanc …