OKROPIRIDZE v. GEORGIA and 1 other application

Communicated on 3 September 2018  FIFTH SECTIONApplications nos. 43627/16 and 71667/16Giorgi OKROPIRIDZE against Georgialodged on 22 July 2016 and 25 November 2016 respectivelySTATEMENT OF FACTS1.  The applicant is a Georgian national, who was born in 1989 and is currently in prison.A.  The circumstances of the cases2.  The facts of applications nos. 43627/16 and 71667/16, as submitted by the applicant, may be summarised as follows.1.  The applicant’s arrest3.  On 2 September 2014 at about 7:30 p.m., L.M. was shot dead in the centre of Tbilisi.4.  On 12 September 2014 the applicant was arrested on suspicion of aggravated murder of L.M. and unlawful acquisition, possession and carrying of firearms (“first set of criminal proceedings”). Subsequently he was remanded in pre-trial detention.5.  On the day of his arrest, the Ministry of the Interior (“the MOI”) released information about the a …