STUDIO MAESTRO LTD AND OTHERS v. GEORGIA

Communicated on 15 September 2014 FOURTH SECTIONApplication no. 22318/10STUDIO MAESTRO Ltd and othersagainst Georgialodged on 12 April 2010STATEMENT OF FACTS1.  A list of the applicants is set out in the appendix. They are all represented by Ms N. Katsitadze, a lawyer practising in Tbilisi.2.  The facts of the case, as submitted by the applicants, may be summarised as follows.3.  The first applicant is a private television company, whilst the second and third applicants are journalists employed by it.4.  The fourth applicant is a press officer of a political party.A.  The incident of 15 June 20095.  Between early April and late June 2009 thousands of opposition supporters held demonstrations in various parts of Tbilisi, as well as in a few other major cities of the country, on a daily basis, demanding resignation of President M. Saakashvili and his Government. During that period there we …