SURMANIDZE AND ARTMELADZE v. GEORGIA

FOURTH SECTIONDECISIONApplication no. 11323/08Otar SURMANIDZE and othersagainst GeorgiaThe European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 24 June 2014 as a Committee composed of: George Nicolaou, President, Nona Tsotsoria, Paul Mahoney, judges,and Fatoş Aracı, Deputy Section Registrar,Having regard to the above application lodged on 21 February 2008,Having regard to the formal declaration setting out the conditions of a friendly settlement of the case,Having deliberated, decides as follows:FACTS AND PROCEDURE1.  A list of the applicants is set out in the appendix. They are all Georgian nationals and were represented before the Court by Ms K. Mekhuzla, a lawyer practising in Tbilisi.2.  The Georgian Government (“the Government”) were represented by their Agent, Mr L. Meskhoradze, of the Ministry of Justice.3.  The facts of the case, as submitted by the parties, may be summari …