GRIGALASHVILI v. GEORGIA

FIFTH SECTIONDECISIONApplication no. 9808/19Davit GRIGALASHVILIagainst GeorgiaThe European Court of Human Rights (Fifth Section), sitting on 5 May 2022 as a Committee composed of: Stéphanie Mourou-Vikström, President, Ivana Jelić, Kateřina Šimáčková, judges,and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,Having regard to the above application lodged on 9 February 2019,Having deliberated, decides as follows:FACTS AND PROCEDUREThe applicant, Mr Davit Grigalashvili, was born in 1969. He was represented by Mr V. Talakvadze, a lawyer practising in Tbilisi.The applicant’s complaints concerning the alleged restriction of liberty as a result of an episode of his questioning at a police station for slightly over six hours when he was allegedly unable to leave the station or to refuse to be questioned were communicated under Article 5 of the Convention to the Georgian Government (“the Go …