MAQARASHVILI v. GEORGIA and 2 other applications

Communicated on 19 October 2020Published on 9 November 2020 FIFTH SECTIONApplication no. 23158/20Giorgi MAQARASHVILI against Georgiaand 2 other applications(see list appended)SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASEThe applications concern the applicants’ (see the Appendix) arrest on 18 November 2019 at a demonstration near the Parliament building in Tbilisi protesting against the Parliament’s failure to adopt amendments to the electoral legislation, and the imposition of an administrative detention for disobeying police orders at that demonstration. As it appears from the applicants’ submissions, 36 other individuals were arrested that day.The applicants were found guilty of disobedience to the lawful orders of the police on the grounds that they had blocked the traffic and the entrance to the Parliament building. The court’s findings were based on the administrative-offence reports and the relevant …