{"id":1080,"date":"2014-07-03T10:39:17","date_gmt":"2014-07-03T09:39:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rcstaging.co.uk\/ehrac\/?post_type=case-studies&p=1080"},"modified":"2023-10-31T20:17:16","modified_gmt":"2023-10-31T20:17:16","slug":"georgia-v-russia","status":"publish","type":"case-studies","link":"http:\/\/ehrac.org.uk\/en_gb\/key-ehrac-cases\/georgia-v-russia\/","title":{"rendered":"Georgia v Russia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t
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Case No.\u00a013255\/07<\/strong>
\nJudgment Date: 3 July 2014<\/strong><\/p>\n

In 2007 Georgia filed a case in the ECtHR\u00a0in relation to the mass arrest, detention and\u00a0collective expulsion of Georgian nationals from\u00a0Russia in the autumn of 2006. This occurred\u00a0during a period of heightened tension between\u00a0the two countries, following the arrests of four\u00a0Russian officers in Tbilisi in September 2006.\u00a0While Russia claimed that it was simply\u00a0continuing to apply its statutory provisions for\u00a0the prevention of illegal immigration, multiple\u00a0witnesses testified that Georgian nationals\u00a0had been specifically targeted, arrested, and\u00a0detained in police custody. Their cases were\u00a0then heard by the Russian courts, which\u00a0ordered their administrative expulsion from\u00a0Russian territory. The witnesses stated that the\u00a0procedure before the courts had taken around\u00a0five minutes, without any real examination of\u00a0the facts, and in the absence of legal representation.<\/p>\n

Following the hearings, they were held\u00a0for a further period (ranging from two days to\u00a0two weeks) in immigration detention centres.\u00a0They were kept in overcrowded cells, making\u00a0it necessary to take turns sleeping, and using\u00a0a bucket as a toilet. Eventually they were flown\u00a0back to Georgia.<\/p>\n

To read more about this case, including the judgment, please follow the link below.<\/p>\n

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