KAKOULIA AND BOULISKERIA v. GEORGIA and 4 other applications - 3486/06 (Communicated Case)

Application no. 3486/06 Zuorab KAKOULIA and Zaza BOULISKERIA against Georgia and 4 other applications (see list appended)

The applicants are Georgian nationals. The facts of the cases, as submitted by them, may be summarised as follows.

. On 6 May 2005 the applicants were arrested on suspicion of car theft. On 7 May 2005 both applicants were charged with aggravated theft and forgery of documents, offences under Articles 177 � 2 and 362 � 1 of the Criminal Code of Georgia respectively.

. On 9 May 2005 the Tbilisi City Court ordered the applicant � s pre-trial detention for three months. The above decision was confirmed by the Tbilisi District Court on 16 May 2005.

. In June 2005 the applicants were examined by experts of the medical department of the Ministry of Justice, who established the following: Mr Kakoulia (�the first applicant�) was diagnosed as suffering from gastric ulcer post-surgery condition and chronic viral Hepatitis C (�HCV�) and Mr Bouliskeria (�the second applicant�) was diagnosed as suffering from vegetodystonia.