AKHALAIA v. GEORGIA and 1 other application

Communicated on 28 September 2015 FOURTH SECTIONApplications nos. 30464/13 and 19068/14 Bachana AKHALAIA against Georgialodged on 4 May 2013 and 31 January 2014STATEMENT OF FACTS1.  The applicant, Mr Bachana Akhalaia, is a Georgian national who was born in 1980 and lives in Tbilisi. He is represented before the Court by Mr D. Dekanoidze, a lawyer practising in Tbilisi.2.  The facts of the case, as submitted by the applicant, may be summarised as follows.A.  The circumstances of the cases1.  Background3.  Prior to the parliamentary election of 1 October 2012 which entailed the change of government, the applicant, one of the leaders of the then ruling party United National Movement (UNM), had held various high posts in the Government of Georgia under President Mikheil Saakashvili. Notably, he had served as the Head of the Department of Prisons of the Ministry of Justice (between December 2 …