UNION OF JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES AND OTHERS v. GEORGIA

FOURTH SECTIONDECISIONApplication no. 72874/01UNION OF JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES and othersagainst GeorgiaThe European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 21 April 2015 as a Chamber composed of: Guido Raimondi, President, George Nicolaou, Ledi Bianku, Nona Tsotsoria, Paul Mahoney, Faris Vehabović, Yonko Grozev, judges,and Françoise Elens-Passos, Section Registrar,Having regard to the above application lodged on 16 August 2001,Having regard to the declaration submitted by the respondent Government on 5 September 2014 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 PROCEDURE1.  The application was brought before the Court by the Union of Jehovah’s Witnesses of Georgia, the Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania, and six Georgian nationals, G. Gudadze, …