The European Court of Human Rights on Thursday ruled legitimate the arrest and detention of opposition leader Nika Melia for incitement to violence during protests in Tbilisi back in June 2019.
The Ministry of Justice of Georgia said the court’s ruling “proved” Melia's arrest and preventative detention - during demonstrations sparked by the presence of Russian MPs in the Georgian Parliament - had been “both legal and in complete accordance” with the European Convention on Human Rights standards.
The Court also ruled there were no political motives in Melia's arrest and did not share the arguments of the applicant.
Judgment Melia v. Georgia - No ulterior motive behind Georgian court’s decision to detain an opposition leader https://t.co/eFPe1pvqys#ECHR #CEDH #ECHRpress pic.twitter.com/GPSPTdVB2Z
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