Published on 2 June 2025
 
FOURTH SECTION
Applications nos. 20062/24 and 20065/24
Luka PETRIASHVILI against Georgia
and George BULISKERIA against Georgia
lodged on 2 July 2024
communicated on 13 May 2025
SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASE
The applications concern the alleged ineffectiveness of a criminal investigation into the injuries suffered by the applicants during a dispersal of a demonstration on 20–21 June 2019.
The applicants relied on Article 3 of the Convention.
QUESTIONS TO THE PARTIES
Have the authorities carried out an effective official investigation into the applicants’ allegations of ill-treatment during the dispersal of the demonstration of 20-21 June 2019, as required under the procedural aspect of Article 3 of the Convention (see Bouyid v. Belgium [GC], no. 23380/09, §§ 114-23, 28 September 2015; and Mocanu and Others v. Romania [GC], nos. 10865/09 and 2 others, §§ 316-26, ECHR 2014 (extracts))?
 
Among other elements:
 
(a)  Have the authorities collected and analysed all relevant material without undue delay?
 
(b)  Have the authorities identified any potential suspects as part of the apparently ongoing criminal investigation?
 
The respondent Government are requested to set out in detail the timeline of all investigative steps relevant to the present applicants’ circumstances.