GOGUADZE v. GEORGIA

Communicated on 16 October 2015 FOURTH SECTIONApplication no. 40009/12Nikoloz GOGUADZEagainst Georgialodged on 21 June 2012STATEMENT OF FACTS1.  The applicant, Mr Nikoloz Goguadze, is a Georgian national, who was born in 1980 and lives in Tbilisi.A.  The circumstances of the case2.  The facts of the case, as submitted by the applicant, may be summarised as follows.1.  Background information3.  The applicant was a member and one of the leaders of a group which called itself the “National-Religious Movement”, which was founded in Tbilisi on 11 May 2011.4.  On 26 May 2011 a report was drawn up by a police officer, which stated that the officer possessed information that twenty-three individuals, including the applicant, were plotting the violent overthrow of the Government of Georgia. According to the report, all the alleged plotters were located at the Kintsvisi Monastery, in the Kareli re …