Mass protests

Case-Law Guide


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31/08/25
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Tsaava and Others v. Georgia [GC], nos. 13186/20 and 4 others

11/12/25

Dispersal of a demonstration, also with the use of kinetic impact projectiles by the police, in front of the Georgian Parliament in June 2019, during which the twenty-six applicants – mostly demonstrators and journalists – were injured.
Judgment | Legal Summary


Farmanyan and Others v. Armenia, nos. 15998/11 and 8 others

18/09/25

Deaths of the applicants’ relatives as a result of injuries sustained during the mass protests after the 2008 presidential election.
Judgment


Mzhavanadze and Rukhadze v. Georgia, nos. 29760/21 and 33931/21

15/07/25

Applicants’ arrest at demonstrations against the outcome of parliamentary elections and Covid-19 pandemic curfew, and subsequent conviction for administrative offence of disobeying lawful police orders.
Judgment


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