ECtHR - M.D. v. Greece (no. 60622/11)[Article 3 and 5], 13 November 2014

Date: 
Monday, November 17, 2014

In line with a consistent pattern of ECtHR judgments condemning Greece for detention conditions which amount to a violation of Article 3 ECHR, the Court has again found that the detention of a Bangladeshi national in an alien’s police department for 71 days in unsanitary and overcrowded conditions constituted a violation of Article 3. The Court also found the Greek authorities to be in violation of the right to a speedy review of the lawfulness of detention, but did not accede to the applicant’s submission that his right to liberty and security had been breached.

In addressing the applicant’s own testimony the court cited its previous jurisprudence (A.F. v. Greece and De los Santos and de la Cruz v. Greece) and reports from Amnesty International and the Committee for the Prevention of Torture on detention conditions in Greece to conclude that the detention conditions resulted in degrading treatment, and therefore a violation of article 3.

Based on an unofficial ELENA translation


14 November 2014                                      

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