KHUBULAVA AND OTHERS v. GEORGIA

SECOND SECTIONDECISIONApplication no. 32553/04by Onise KHUBULAVA and Othersagainst GeorgiaThe European Court of Human Rights (Second Section), sitting on 24 November 2009 as a Chamber composed of: Françoise Tulkens, President, Vladimiro Zagrebelsky, Danutė Jočienė, Dragoljub Popović, András Sajó, Nona Tsotsoria, Kristina Pardalos, judges, and Françoise Elens-Passos, Deputy Section Registrar, Having regard to the above application lodged on 20 August 2004,Having deliberated, decides as follows:THE FACTSThe applicants, Mr Onise Khubulava, Mr Mamuka Kurashvili and Mr Konstantine Matakheria are Georgian nationals who were born in 1968, 1962 and 1957 and live in Zugdidi, Georgia. They were represented before the Court by Mr J. Beselia and Mr V. Matkava, lawyers practising, respectively, in Tbilisi and Zugdidi. The Georgian Government (“the Government”) were successively represented by their A …