MENABDE v. GEORGIA

FOURTH SECTIONDECISIONApplication no. 4731/10Vakhtang MENABDEagainst GeorgiaThe European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 13 October 2015 as a Committee composed of: Krzysztof Wojtyczek, President, Faris Vehabović, Yonko Grozev, judges,and Fatoş Aracı, Deputy Section Registrar,Having regard to the above application lodged on 18 January 2010,Having regard to the declaration submitted by the respondent Government on 9 July 2015 requesting the Court to strike the application out of the list of cases and the applicant’s reply to that declaration,Having deliberated, decides as follows:FACTS AND PROCEDURE1.  The applicant, Mr Vakhtang Menabde, is a Georgian national, who was born in 1987 and lives in Tbilisi. He was represented before the Court by Ms T. Abazadze and K. Shubashvili, lawyers practising in Tbilisi.2.  The Georgian Government (“the Government”) were represented b …