TCHIKASHVILI AND OTHERS v. GEORGIA

FOURTH SECTIONDECISIONApplication no. 61783/11 Merab TCHIKASHVILI and Others against GeorgiaThe European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 30 June 2015 as a Committee composed of: Paul Mahoney, President, Nona Tsotsoria, Faris Vehabović, judges,and Fatoş Aracı, Deputy Section Registrar,Having regard to the above application lodged on 24 September 2011,Having regard to the declaration submitted by the respondent Government on 3 April 2015 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.  A list of the applicants is set out in the appendix. They are all Georgian nationals and were represented before the Court by Ms N. Katsitadze, T. Abazadze and Ms T. Dekanosidze, lawyers practising in Tbilisi, Georgia.2.  The Georgian Government (“the Governmen …