BEKAURI AND OTHERS v. GEORGIA

Communicated on 29 September 2014 FOURTH SECTIONApplication no. 312/10Giorgi BEKAURI and othersagainst Georgialodged on 15 December 2009STATEMENT OF FACTS1.  A list of the applicants is set out in the appendix. They are all Georgian nationals and are represented before the Court by Ms N. Katsitadze and Ms T. Abazadze, lawyers practising in Tbilisi2.  The facts of the case, as submitted by the applicants, may be summarised as follows.A.  Background3.  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. All of the applicants were members of various youth opposition groups, and actively participated in those street protests. During that period there were several incidents of confr …