TSION v. GEORGIA

Communicated on 28 September 2015 FOURTH SECTIONApplication no. 7720/12Reuwen TSIONagainst Georgialodged on 30 January 2012STATEMENT OF FACTS1.  The applicant, Mr Reuwen Tsion, is an Israeli national, who was born in 1968 and is detained in Rustavi. The applicant does not speak Georgian. He is represented before the Court by Mr Sh. Shavgulidze, a lawyer practising in Tbilisi.A.  The circumstances of the case2.  The facts of the case, as submitted by the applicant, may be summarised as follows.3.  On 11 November 2009, in a restaurant in a town close to Tbilisi, the applicant was arrested on suspicion of having in possession forged money. Immediately after the arrest he was searched by law-enforcement officials. Immediately after the applicant and his car were brought to Tbilisi and the search of the car was conducted in the applicant’s presence. During his arrest and during both searches …