Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights

The Strasbourg-based European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ordered Greece to pay 8,000 euros to an unaccompanied child refugee, who in 2018 was left without accommodation for six months.

The court ruled, unanimously, that there had been a violation of Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights on the prohibition of inhuman or degrading treatment.

A rally marking the third anniversary of the failed coup attempt in Istanbul, Turkey, 15 July 2019. Photo: EPA-EFE/ERDEM SAHIN

"We invite the authorities to adhere to national and universal legal regulations and to comply with human rights rules in their investigations and prosecutions," MAZLUMDER said in a statement.

European Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson on Thursday said that she expects a revised framework for migration and asylum replacing the controversial Dublin Regulation will be ready after Easter.

Greece's population of undocumented migrants is set to exceed 90,000 by the end of the year, up from around 75,000 now, Migration Minister Dimitris Vitsas said on Wednesday, referring to a "unbearable weight."
Greece has the capacity to process 20,000 asylum applications every year but received 67,000 in 2018, Vitsas said.

The jailed leader of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), Abdullah Öcalan, was captured and brought to Turkey on Feb. 15, 1999. Turkey had taken the risk of going to war if necessary when it called on Syria to return Öcalan, according to a retired ambassador who was the deputy undersecretary of the Turkish Foreign Ministry at the time.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Dec. 19 ordered Turkey to pay 68,000 euros in compensation to a man who filed an application with the court that a police officer had shot him without subsequently being punished. The court said the police had violated his right to life.

A British court has rejected an extradition request from Turkey for businessman Akın İpek to face terrorism-funding, fraud and other charges, saying he faced a real risk of ill-treatment should he be returned.

Turkey's Foreign Ministry on Sunday slammed a decision by Greek Justice Minister Stavros Kontonis to block the extradition of journalist Turgut Kaya, despite a court ruling clearing the process in early June.

"This reveals once again that the traditional sentiments of the Greek political power against Turkey have not changed," ministry spokesman Hami Aksoy said in a statement. 

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on April 10 ordered for Turkey to pay compensation to a family for the violation of the "right to respect private and family life" over a case claiming an Istanbul hospital had made an "erroneous prenatal diagnosis" in 1997.

Macedonia has formally apologised to Khaled el-Masri, a German citizen of Lebanese origin, for helping the CIA to kidnap him 14 years ago under a false pretext of him being a terrorist.