DIASAMIDZE AND BATUMELEBI v. GEORGIA and 1 other application

Communicated on 14 September 2016 FOURTH SECTIONApplication no. 49071/12Emzar DIASAMIDZE and BATUMELEBI against Georgia and 1 other application (see list appended)1.  Both applications listed in the appendix were introduced on the relevant dates by the same two applicants.2.  Mr Emzar Diasamidze (“the first applicant”) is a Georgian national who was born in 1969 and lives in the village of Akho. The weekly newspaper Batumelebi (“the second applicant”) is a legal entity established under the Georgian law on an unspecified date, with the head office situated in Batumi. They are represented by Ms T. Abazadze and Ms N. Katsitadze, lawyers practising in Georgia.3.  The facts of the cases, as submitted by the applicants, may be summarised as follows.4.  The first applicant is an investigative journalist. At the material time of the events described below, he worked for the Batumelebi, the seco …