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ECtHR - Eshonkulov v. Russia (no. 68900/13) [Article 3, 5 para 1(f), 5 para 4, 6 para 2], 15 January 2015

Date: 
Monday, January 19, 2015

The facts of the case relate to an Uzbek national who had been detained in Russia on two separate yet subsequent accounts. The first, following an extradition request lodged by the Uzbek authorities on account of alleged participation in extremist organisations,  the second following an administrative expulsion decision pursuant to a breach of domestic immigration law. A concurrent set of proceedings were then initiated by the applicant, the first relating to an appeal against his extradition and a second on his asylum application and a subsequent appeal. On both accounts the Russian authorities rejected the appeals surmising that the applicant did not face a real risk of ill-treatment [27].

ECtHR - Fozil Nazarov v Russia (no. 74759/13)[Article 3], 11 December 2014

Date: 
Monday, January 12, 2015

The judgment concerns a national from Uzbekistan, currently in Russia, who had been accused by the Uzbek government of criminal offences relating to prohibited religious activities in Uzbekistan. Upon notification of these charges to the Russian authorities, the applicant was arrested and subsequently charged with a violation of immigration rules in Russia. An administrative removal to Uzbekistan was later ordered.

ECtHR - AL.K. v Greece (no. 63542/11) [Article 3, 5 para 1 and 4, 13], 11 December 2014

Date: 
Monday, December 15, 2014

The facts of the case relate to an Iranian national who notwithstanding the lodging of an asylum application had been detained at both Feres and Soufli border posts following an order of expulsion and an assessment that he risked absconding.

ECtHR - Mohamad v Greece (no. 70586/11) [Articles 3, 5 para 1, 13], 11 December 2014

Date: 
Monday, December 15, 2014

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has held that the detention of an unaccompanied minor at Feres and Soufli border posts for over 5 months constituted a breach of Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights as well as a violation of the right to an effective remedy and the right to liberty and security.

ECtHR - Grand Chamber hearing in F.G. v. Sweden (application no. 43611/11), 3 December 2014

Date: 
Monday, December 8, 2014

The Grand Chamber has heard the submissions in F.G. v Sweden which relate to an Iranian national’s asylum claim on grounds of political opinion and religious belief.

ECtHR - A.E. v. Greece (no. 46673/10) [Article 3 and 5], 27 November 2014

Date: 
Monday, December 1, 2014

The European Court of Human Rights has again confirmed that the conditions of detention in Thermi border police station and Thessaloniki immigration police station breached the prohibition of inhumane treatment under the European Convention on Human Rights for a Turkish national who was he

ECtHR - Referral to Grand Chamber M.E. v Sweden (no.71398/12)

Date: 
Monday, November 24, 2014

Upon a referral request by the applicant, M.E. v Sweden (no. 71398/12) has been accepted for consideration by the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights.

ECtHR - M.A. v Switzerland (no. 52589/13) [Article 3 and 13], 18 November 2014

Date: 
Monday, November 24, 2014

 The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has found that expulsion by Switzerland of an Iranian national to Iran would give rise to a violation of Article 3 of the European

ECtHR - Tarakhel v. Switzerland (no. 29217/12) [Article 3, 8 and 13], 4 November 2014

Date: 
Monday, November 17, 2014

The European Court of Human Rights has held that Switzerland would violate Article 3 of the European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR) if they were to send the Tarakhel family (an Afghan couple and their six children) back to Italy under the

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.

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