BARATASHVILEBI v. GEORGIA

FOURTH SECTIONDECISIONApplication no. 30968/08Evgeni BARATASHVILI and Zaal BARATASHVILIagainst GeorgiaThe European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 4 March 2014 as a Committee composed of: Päivi Hirvelä, President, Nona Tsotsoria, Faris Vehabović, judges,and Fatoş Aracı, Deputy Section Registrar,Having regard to the above application lodged on 11 June 2008,Having regard to the declaration submitted by the respondent Government on 23 May 2013 requesting the Court to strike the application out of the list of cases and the applicants’ reply to that declaration,Having deliberated, decides as follows:FACTS AND PROCEDUREThe applicant brothers, Mr Evgueni Baratashvili (“the first applicant”) and Mr Zaal Baratashvili (“the second applicant”), are Georgian nationals who were born in 1980 and 1976 respectively and live in the village of Jimistaro, Georgia. The Georgian Government …