CASE OF AGHDGOMELASHVILI AND JAPARIDZE v. GEORGIA

FIFTH SECTIONCASE OF AGHDGOMELASHVILI AND JAPARIDZE v. GEORGIA(Application no. 7224/11)  JUDGMENTArt 14 (+3) • Discrimination • Degrading treatment • Abusive police conduct during search of premises of an LGBT NGO motivated by homophobic and/or transphobic hatred • Wilful humiliation and debasement with the use of hate speech and insults • Threats to use physical force and to divulge the applicants’ sexual orientation to the public • Unrecorded and unjustified strip-searches • Lack of effective investigation STRASBOURG8 October 2020 FINAL 08/01/2021   This judgment has become final under Article 44 § 2 of the Convention. It may be subject to editorial revision.In the case of Aghdgomelashvili and Japaridze v. Georgia,The European Court of Human Rights (Fifth Section), sitting as a Chamber composed of: Síofra O’Leary, President, Gabriele Kucsko-Stadlmayer, Ganna Yudkivska, Mārtiņš Mits, La …