DZERKHORASHVILI AND OTHERS v. GEORGIA

Communicated on 11 October 2019 FIFTH SECTIONApplication no. 70572/16Gvantsa DZERKHORASHVILI and othersagainst Georgialodged on 17 November 2016SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASEThe application concerns two separate incidents: firstly, the allegedly unlawful arrest and detention of the applicants for about twelve hours in connection with their attempt to draw graffiti on the walls of the residence of the Georgian Patriarch early in the morning on 17 May 2016 and their alleged assault and verbal abuse during their arrest and police detention; and secondly, the alleged refusal by the relevant national authorities to provide the applicants with security measures that would allow them to mark the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia (“IDAHOT”) on 17 May 2016. According to the application, having had regard to their past negative experience of failing to hold peacefully the …