TCHALIDZE v. GEORGIA

Published on 2 November 2022 FIFTH SECTIONApplication no. 57816/21Davit TCHALIDZEagainst Georgialodged on 19 November 2021communicated on 12 October 2022SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASEThe application concerns the alleged ill-treatment of the applicant, a police officer at the material time, by several fellow police officers and the ineffectiveness of the investigation conducted into the incident. In particular, the applicant alleges that a verbal altercation with one of his colleague officers on 31 July 2011 erupted into his physical and verbal assault. The applicant was convicted, in connection with the incident, of disobeying police orders and committing a minor beach of public order and sentenced to sixty days of administrative detention. During the administrative proceedings conducted against him, he maintained, with reference to the relevant medical evidence, that he had been physically …