EDZGVERADZE v. GEORGIA

Communicated on 9 November 2016 FOURTH SECTIONApplication no. 59333/16Zizi EDZGVERADZEagainst Georgialodged on 23 September 2016STATEMENT OF FACTS1.  The applicant, Ms Zizi Edzgveradze, is a Georgian national who was born in 1982 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.3.  On 5 July 2013 the applicant’s late husband, Mr M.M., was questioned by the police and allegedly forced to give testimony against his friend regarding the latter’s possession of cannabis. Later he told his colleagues and his wife that the police officers had subjected him to physical pressure and forced him to sign a statement against his friend.4.  On 6 July 2013 Mr. M.M. told a friend in a telephone conversation about his failed attempt to commit suicide by drowning in the Tbilisi sea and that he had bought a rope in …