AKHALAIA v. GEORGIA

FIFTH SECTIONDECISIONApplications nos. 30464/13 and 19068/14Bachana AKHALAIAagainst Georgia The European Court of Human Rights (Fifth Section), sitting on 7 June 2022 as a Chamber composed of: Síofra O’Leary, President, Mārtiņš Mits, Lətif Hüseynov, Lado Chanturia, Arnfinn Bårdsen, Mattias Guyomar, Kateřina Šimáčková, judges,and Martina Keller, Deputy Section Registrar,Having regard to:the above applications lodged on 4 May 2013 and 31 January 2014 respectively;the decision to give notice to the Georgian Government (“the Government”) of the complaints under Article 5 §§ 1 and 3 and Article 18 of the Convention and to declare inadmissible the remainder of the applications;the observations submitted by the Government and the observations in reply submitted by the applicant;Having deliberated, decides as follows:INTRODUCTION1.  The applicant was a high-ranking State official immediately pri …