ASATIANI AND OTHERS v. GEORGIA

FOURTH SECTIONDECISIONApplication no. 42174/11Levan ASATIANI and othersagainst GeorgiaThe European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 4 April 2017 as a Committee composed of: Krzysztof Wojtyczek, President, Nona Tsotsoria, Marko Bošnjak, judges,and Andrea Tamietti, Deputy Section Registrar,Having regard to the above application lodged on 3 July 2011,Having deliberated, decides as follows:FACTS AND PROCEDURE1.  A list of the applicants is set out in the appendix. They are all Georgian nationals who were represented before the Court by Ms T. Abazadze, Ms N. Katsitadze, Mr Ph. Leach and Ms J. Evans, lawyers practising in Tbilisi and London.2.  The Georgian Government (“the Government”) were represented by their Acting Agent, Mrs Sh. Mezurnishvili, of the Ministry of Justice.3.  The application concerned the dispersal by the police of a sit-in street protest on 3 January 2011 …