BRACHVELI v. GEORGIA and 1 other application

Published on 12 May 2025 FOURTH SECTIONApplications nos. 20789/24 and 21462/24Saba BRACHVELI against Georgiaand Nika ROMANADZE against Georgialodged on 18 July 2024 and 22 July 2024 respectivelycommunicated on 22 April 2025SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASEThe applications concern, under Articles 5 § 1, 10 and 11 of the Convention, the administrative arrest and imposition of fines for disorderly conduct in a public square. The alleged offence involved the applicants, Mr Saba Brachveli (“the first applicant”) and Mr Nika Romanadze (“the second applicant”), displaying banners during a peaceful street demonstration. The banner, written in Georgian, contained an inscription that likened the spelling of the then Prime Minister of Georgia’s first name to an obscene slang term for the human penis.The incident occurred on 2 June 2023 as a form of protest against the Prime Minister’s public statement of …