Three new convictions of the ECHR against Cyprus
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) with three new decisions in the Cases K.F v. CYPRUS (Application no. 41858/10), H.S. AND OTHERS v. CYPRUS (Application no. 41753/10 and 13 other cases) and A.H AND J.K. v. CYPRUS (Application No 41903/10 41911/10) condemned once again the Cyprus Republic for violations of Articles 5, paragraph 1 (right to security and liberty) and 5, paragraph 4 (access to an effective remedy against detention) of the ECHR.The applications relate to a number of Syrian Kurds who were arrested and detained for deportation purposes as ‘’prohibited immigrants’’ in 2010, despite the fact that some of them were still asylum seekers. In June 2010, the ECtHR issued for the first time in respect of Cyprus, interim measures under Rule 39 of the Rules of Procedures of the Court, suspending the deportation of the applicants.
