European Court of Human Rights Communicated case: Nur Ahmed v. Ukraine and 5 other appliations (no. 42779/12)

Date: 
Tuesday, September 20, 2016

Nur Ahmed v. Ukraine and 5 other appliations (no. 42779/12), communicated on 20 September 2016

On 20 September 2016, the European Court of Human Rights communicated the case Nur Ahmed v. Ukraine and 5 other applications (no. 42779/12), which relates to the immigration arrest and detention of nine Somali nationals in Ukraine.

The applicants submitted an application to the ECtHR complaining that their arrest and detention were unlawful under Article 5 ECHR. In addition, the first applicant complains that his detention was contrary to Article 5(1)(f) ECHR and that the proceedings did not meet the ‘speediness’ requirement of Article 5(4) ECHR. The sixth to ninth applicants complain, relying on Article 6(1) ECHR, that the proceedings relating to their appeals were excessively long.



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Keywords: 
Detention