Then the applicant’s husband and Ö.B went to see the doctor, who told them that they could take the corpse whenever they wished.

Then the applicant’s husband and Ö.B went to see the doctor, who told them that they could take the corpse whenever they wished.

  The applicants then explained that they were seeking asylum as they were being persecuted in Lebanon where they had refused to participate in the combats.

Ezekial Adewale asked these officers if they had informed Michael Menson’s family. They told him they had not and he immediately gave them the address of Michael Menson’s brothers, Kwesi and Daniel.

though they had explained in detail the reasons for their requests.

They rounded up all the old men and took them to an open space near the school building. They were made to lie face down in the sun from 7.00 to 12.00.

It must be added that if the applicants were to co-operate with the foster parents and the social workers they would risk passing on to their children the totally wrong impression that the separation of

These included the fact that the information on the available remedies handed to the applicants on their arrival at the police station had been printed in tiny characters, in a language they did not understand

As for the extent of the applicants’ ties to Ireland, these are not the same for all of them.

    The applicants complained under Article 8 of the Convention that, if they were evicted and their homes demolished, there would be a violation of their right to respect for their family life

applicants’ best interests that they should be allowed to join their mother in the United Kingdom.

The applicants complain under Article   5 § 2 of the Convention that they were not informed of the reasons for their arrest and of the charges against them.

While they were sitting on the ground, the policemen kicked and pushed them. Their personal details were then recorded.

  The Court of Appeal held that these were not statutory forms, although the applicants refer to them in their application as "final consent forms".

failed immediately to perceive their innocence or give them the benefit of any doubt.

Prior to their arrest the police had given them no warnings and no orders which they could have disobeyed.

    On 4 October 1994 military units arrived in the applicants’ hamlet. They convened the inhabitants in the hamlet square and told them to leave their houses.

They opened fire when the men started to advance towards them with their weapons in the ready position; and they continued to fire because, having misinterpreted sparks and tracer rounds as muzzle flashes

They were serving their prison sentences in the Istanbul prison at the time of their application to the Court. They are represented before the Court by Mr N. Çem, a lawyer practising in Istanbul.

He first informed the applicants of the nature and cause of the accusations against them and then read out the statements they had made to the officers during their detention in custody.