GOGICHAISHVILI v. GEORGIA

Communicated on 1 September 2016 FOURTH SECTIONApplication no. 2291/10Levan GOGICHAISHVILIagainst Georgialodged on 22 December 2009STATEMENT OF FACTS1.  The applicant, Mr Levan Gogichaishvili, is a Georgian national, who was born in 1981 and lives in Tbilisi. He is represented before the Court by Mr M. Jangirashvili, 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 8 June 2009 a young man was stabbed during a fight that took place after a birthday party in village Tskneti.4.  The applicant, an active member of the opposition movement at the time, was arrested as a suspect on 17 June 2009. The incident received wide media coverage especially after his arrest.5.  On 17 June 2009 the First Channel of the Georgian Public Broadcaster and a private television channel Rustavi 2 reported …