ZURASHVILI v. GEORGIA

FIFTH SECTIONDECISIONApplication no. 52168/12Shakria ZURASHVILIagainst GeorgiaThe European Court of Human Rights (Fifth Section), sitting on 19 September 2017 as a Committee composed of: Síofra O’Leary, President, Nona Tsotsoria, Lәtif Hüseynov, judges,and Anne-Marie Dougin, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,Having regard to the above application lodged on 13 August 2012,Having regard to the declaration submitted by the respondent Government on 28 October 2016 requesting the Court to strike the application out of the list of cases and the applicant’s reply to that declaration,Having deliberated, decides as follows:FACTS AND PROCEDURE1.  The applicant, Mr Shakria Zurashvili, is a Georgian national, who was born in 1964 and lives in Tbilisi. He was represented before the Court by Ms T. Mikeladze, Ms N. Katsitadze, Mr Ph. Leach and Ms J. Gavron, lawyers practising in Tbilisi and London.2.  Th …