ABULASHVILI v. GEORGIA

Published on 22 December 2025 FOURTH SECTIONApplication no. 12860/24Bezhani ABULASHVILIagainst Georgialodged on 19 April 2024communicated on 2 December 2025SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASEThe application concerns the applicant’s alleged ill-treatment while in police custody and the alleged unfairness of the criminal proceedings against him on account of, in particular, the use of evidence allegedly obtained in breach of his right to remain silent and his privilege against self‑incrimination, as well as the alleged violation of his defence rights.On 4 October 2022 the applicant was questioned as a witness at the Tbilisi Police Department based on an operative information suggesting his potential connection to a woman’s murder. Shortly thereafter, on 5 October 2022 at 00.45 a.m. Z.N., a deputy head of an investigative division, made a report stating that the applicant had confided in him during …