MIKELADZE AND OTHERS v. GEORGIA

Communicated on 19 October 2016 FOURTH SECTIONApplication no. 54217/16Teimuraz MIKELADZE and Othersagainst Georgialodged on 10 September 2016STATEMENT OF FACTS1.  A list of the applicants is set out in the appendix. They are all represented before the Court by Ms Tamta Mikeladze and Ms Mariam Begadze, lawyers practicing in Tbilisi.A.  The circumstances of the case2.  The facts of the case, as submitted by the applicants, may be summarised as follows.3.  In summer 2014 several discussions took place between the Muslim community of the municipality of Adigeni and the local government authorities on the status of a building that the former claimed to be an ancient mosque. Eventually the municipality decided to convert the building into a public library.1.  Arrest of Muslim protesters in the village of Mokhe on 22 October 2014(a)  Circumstances surrounding the arrests, as described by the ap …