Shalva Tadumadze, the Chairman of the Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court of Georgia, who was recently subjected to a visa ban by Lithuania, is requesting that Ambassador Darius Vitkauskas be summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for a meeting with him.
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The Public Broadcaster has published a letter sent by Shalva Tadumadze to Georgia’s illegitimate Foreign Minister, Maka Bochorishvili.
In the letter, the judge explains that the necessity of meeting with the ambassador stems from his intention to apply to the European Court of Human Rights against Lithuania in order to legally restore the fundamental rights and freedoms “violated by the Lithuanian state.”
“I request that, in accordance with the rules established by international law, the agency (official) subordinate to you invite the Ambassador of the Republic of Lithuania and ensure my attendance at the aforementioned meeting, so that the official can explain to me the basis on which the Lithuanian Foreign Minister made an unreasonable decision to include me in the list of individuals sanctioned as a ‘Georgian politician.’
I would also like to receive an official explanation of the evidence and information on which the Lithuanian state deemed me as a gross violator of fundamental human rights in Georgia. During my judicial career, I have presided over approximately 5,000 criminal cases, and only two have been appealed to the European Court of Human Rights. In both cases (Giorgi Ugulava v. Georgia and Davit Kezerashvili v. Georgia), the European Court of Human Rights clearly stated that the decisions I made were legally justified and politically impartial,” the letter states.
Since December 2, the Lithuanian Foreign Ministry has sanctioned around 30 Georgian citizens, including political officials, judges, and the owner of a propaganda media outlet.
On December 5, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky also imposed sanctions on Shalva Tadumadze.
