29/06/2021
ECtHR condemns Cyprus over torture and ill-treatment of detainees!
https://kisa.org.cy/.../CASE-OF-MONIR-LOTFY-v.-CYPRUS...
ECtHR condemns Cyprus over torture and ill-treatment of detainees!
https://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng #{%22languageisocode%22:[%22ENG%22],%22documentcollectionid2%22:[%22JUDGMENTS%22],%22itemid%22:[%22001-210680%22]}
EDAD ruled in a case litigated by KISA that,
- Mennoyia Detention Centre violates Article 3 of the ECHR
- Cyprus does not provide an effective remedy mechanism for a person to challenge detention conditions when violating article 3.
- Violation of the right to personal freedom
- Arbitrary detention within the meaning of Article 5 of the Convention.
The Court notes that, in spite of the Supreme Court’s judgment ... the Director (of the Civil Registry and Migration Department) decided, contrary to that court’s verdict, that the applicant’s continued detention was lawful, and ordered the issuance of the new orders with the aim of providing justification for his continued detention: In view of the above, the Court cannot but discern bad faith on the part of the Director who, without the proper way of an appeal being used, clearly tried to make up for the authorities’ poor handling of the habeas corpus application and to circumvent the Supreme Court’s order.
