MZHAVANADZE v. GEORGIA and 2 other applications

Published on 17 October 2022 FIFTH SECTIONApplication no. 29760/21Giorgi MZHAVANADZE against Georgiaand 2 other applications(see list appended)communicated on 29 September 2022SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASESThe applications concern the arrest of the applicants (see the Appendix) for their alleged refusal to comply with the orders of police (all three applicants) and for breaching public order (the first and the second applicants) while participating in a manifestation near the Parliament building in Tbilisi on 9 November 2020. The applicants were convicted of disobeying legal orders of law enforcement officers (an administrative offence under Article 173 of the Code of Administrative Offences). The courts’ findings were based on the administrative-offence reports and the relevant police officers’ accounts. The first applicant was sentenced to three days’ administrative imprisonment, the seco …