MTIVLISHVILI v. GEORGIA

Published on 27 October 2025 FOURTH SECTIONApplication no. 28588/24Gela MTIVLISHVILIagainst Georgialodged on 29 August 2024communicated on 6 October 2025SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASEThe application concerns the alleged hindrance of the applicant’s journalistic activities while covering a confrontation between the police and several residents (and their supporters) who were being forcibly evicted from an apartment. The applicant alleges that while filming the incident with his mobile phone, he was violently arrested and forced into a police van, where he was subjected to physical and verbal assault. He was then taken to a police station and unlawfully detained for approximately four hours. In connection with the incident the applicant was convicted of an administrative offence of failing to comply with a lawful order of police (Article 173 of the Code of Administrative Offences) and was fine …