243_17 interference 17. According to applicants nos. 1, 3, 5, 6 and 8 (Mr Bekauri, Mr Meskhi, Mr Chitarishvili, Mr Maisuradze and Mr Tsuladze), they received from the dispersing police officers a series of violent blows made with truncheons on their spines, heads and hands. After the dispersal, a number of protesters, including the five applicants, were arrested and taken inside of the building of the police headquarters. The captive protestors, including the five applicants, were then forced to lay on the ground, while police officers were insulting, kicking and hitting them with rubber truncheons.