ASSATIANI v. GEORGIA

THIRD SECTIONApplication no. 29845/07Davit ASSATIANI against Georgialodged on 15 May 2007STATEMENT OF FACTS 1.  The applicant, Mr David Assatiani, is a Georgian national, who was born in 1967 and lives in Tbilisi. He is represented before the Court by Ms Eka Beselia, a lawyer practising in Tbilisi.A.  The circumstances of the case2.  The facts of the case, as submitted by the applicant, may be summarised as follows.1.  The criminal proceedings against the applicant3.  On 9 January 2006 criminal charges were brought in absentia against the applicant for several episodes of aggravated armed robbery, vehicle theft, unlawful deprivation of liberty, unlawful purchase and possession of firearms and damage of other’s property, committed while acting in an organised armed group, offences under Articles 143 § 2 (a), (c) and (z), 179 § 2 (a), (b) and (c), 184 §§ 2 (a) and 3, 187 § 1, 188 § 1 and 2 …