BURDIASHVILI AND OTHERS v. GEORGIA

THIRD SECTIONApplication no. 26290/12Zeinab BURDIASHVILI and othersagainst Georgialodged on 1 May 2012STATEMENT OF FACTS1.  A list of the applicants is set out in the appendix. They are all Georgian nationals, represented by Ms Natia Katsitadze and Mr Philip Leach, lawyers practising in Tbilisi and London.A.  The circumstances of the case2.  The facts of the case, as submitted by the applicants, may be summarised as follows.1.  Background3.  The Act of 11 December 1997 on Victim Status and Social Protection for Persons Subjected to Political Repression (“the Act of 11 December 1997”) envisaged a possibility for Georgian victims of Soviet political repression, i.e. Georgian nationals who suffered various forms of political persecution on the territory of the former Soviet Union between February 1921 and 28 October 1990, as well as their first generation heirs, to obtain compensation for n …