AGHDGOMELASHVILI AND JAPARIDZE v. GEORGIA

THIRD SECTIONApplication no. 7224/11Ekaterine AGHDGOMELASHVILI and Tinatin JAPARIDZEagainst Georgialodged on 25 January 2011STATEMENT OF FACTS 1.  Ms Ekaterine Aghdgomelashvili (“the first applicant”) and Ms Tinatin Japaridze (“the second applicant”) are Georgian nationals, who were born in 1969 and 1979 respectively and live in Tbilisi. They are represented before the Court by Mr L. Tchintcharauli and Ms A. Tvaradze, members of the Article 42, a human rights organisation in Tbilisi, and Ms J. Sawyer and Mr S. Japaridze, of the Interights in London.A.  The circumstances of the case2.  The facts of the case, as submitted by the applicants, may be summarised as follows.3.  The first applicant is a co-founder of the first lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) non-governmental organisation (NGO) in Georgia – the Inclusive Foundation (IF). Its goal is to promote the integration of the …