THIRD SECTION

Application no . 22026/10 Giorgi AKHVLEDIANI against Georgia and 9 other applications (see list appended)

QUESTIONS TO THE PARTIES

1. Were the applicant s ’ complaint s about their alleged ill-treatment , unlawful deprivation of liberty and interference with their right to respect for their private life during the police raid on Imedi on 7 November 2007 lodged with the Court with the expedition required by the six-month rule laid down in Article 35 § 1 of the Convention (see Bulut and Yavuz v. Turkey ( dec .), no. 73065/01, 28 May 2002, and Aydin and Others v. Turkey ( dec .), no. 46231/99, 26 May 2005) ?

- What is the significance and explanation of the fact that the applicants waited for more than two years before requesting, on 4 and 22 December 2009, the domestic authorities to initiate a criminal probe into the alleged violation of their various rights during the police raid on 7 November 2007?

- What is a statute of limitations set under the Georgian criminal law, if any, for the offences allegedly committed against the applicants by the police during the raid on Imedi on 7 November 2007?

- If the relevant domestic authorities launched an investigation on the basis of the applicants ’ criminal complaints of 4 and 22 December 2009, what are the results of this investigation?

2. Have the applicant s exhausted all effective domestic remedies in respect of the above-mentioned complaints , as required by Article 35 § 1 of the Convention?

3. Did the applicant s suffer ill-treatment, unlawful deprivation of liberty and interference with their right to respect for their private life, in breach of Articles 3, 5 § 1 and 8 of the Convention, durin g the police raid on Imedi on 7 November 2007?

4. Have the competent domestic authorities conducted an adequate i nvestigation into the applicant s ’ allegations of ill-treatment , as required by the procedural obligation under Article 3 of the Convention?

5. Did the applicants have effective domestic remedies at their disposal for their complaints under Articles 3, 5 § 1 and 8 of the Convention concerning the alleged ill-treatment, as required by Article 13 of the Convention?