MAISAIA v. GEORGIA

Communicated on 15 January 2015 FOURTH SECTIONApplication no. 75969/14Vakhtang MAISAIAagainst Georgialodged on 26 November 2014STATEMENT OF FACTS1.  The applicant, Mr Vakhtang Maisaia, is a Georgian national, who was born in 1972 and lives in Tbilisi. He is represented before the Court by Ms T. Avaliani, a lawyer practising in Tbilisi.2.  The facts of the case, as submitted by the applicant, may be summarised as follows.3.  On 5 May 2009 the applicant was arrested on the suspicion of having committed an offence. He was placed in the detention facility of the Ministry of Interior (the so-called “Moduli” building).4.  Between 8 May 2009 and 13 January 2013 the applicant, being charged with and convicted of espionage, was placed first in the prison no. 8 establishment and then – in the prison no. 17 establishment.5.  On 25 August 2010 the Department of Investigation of the Ministry of Corre …