TORADZE v. GEORGIA

Communicated on 7 June 2018 FIFTH SECTIONApplication no. 12699/18Tatia TORADZEagainst Georgialodged on 6 March 2018STATEMENT OF FACTS1.  The applicant, Ms. Tatia Toradze, is a Georgian national, who was born in 1981 and lived at the material time in Tbilisi. She is represented before the Court by Mr E. Marikashvili, Mr. T. Svanidze, and Ms. G. Tsulukidze – lawyers practicing in Tbilisi, also by Mr. P. Leach, Ms. J. Sawyer, Mr. V. Grigoryan, Ms. K. Levin, Ms. J. Gavron, and Ms. J. Evans – lawyers practising in the United Kingdom.A.  The circumstances of the cases2.  The facts of the case, as submitted by the applicant, may be summarised as follows:3.  In summer 2014 the applicant became acquainted with G.B. through social media. Sometime in the autumn of 2014 they started dating. G.B. was holding a senior position at the Ministry of Internal Affairs (“MIA”) at the material time. Soon G.B. …