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

The 16 survivors of the sinking complained to the Court, inter alia , that their lives had been endangered during the sinking by reason of the acts or omissions of the coastguard, that some of them had

  They forcefully took the first applicant and his father into a police car and brought them to the police station.   There they were detained for about two hours and then released.

They emphasised that they were members of close-knit Muslim communities and the accusations humiliated them in the eyes of others and resounded in both the United Kingdom and their family communities in

They asked the Prosecutor to assist them in obtaining the bodies of their relatives.

Then the police made two children from the household, one aged 13 and one 14, lie down on their stomachs and called them wretched disgraceful gypsies ( ţigani borâţi ).

  The applicants state that as they were very upset they were unable to grasp what was expected of them and relied upon their solicitors to sort matters out.

  In addition, they claimed that there had been an infringement of their right of property, secured in the Constitution.

They were then taken to Eyüp Stadium, along with 1,054 others, where they were again beaten and insulted. Their identity cards, money and valuables were seized by the police officers.

The servicemen did not ask the applicants any questions, but told them that they were beating them in revenge for their killed comrades. Then both applicants were thrown into a helicopter.

They repeated this allegation in almost every hearing held by the court.

As these three men had the addresses, among others, of the first applicant and Mr. Simonfay with them, their premises had also to be searched for stolen goods.

In the cell, a light was permanently on, even at night, preventing them from having proper rest. They developed eyesight problems because of this lighting system.

, the decision of the latter not to repatriate them, and therefore not to exercise its diplomatic or consular jurisdiction in respect of them, they were capable of falling within its jurisdiction for the

They had made considerable efforts to elude the protection measures and obstruct the work of the officers assigned to protect them.

, that they were discriminated against because of their nationality, that they were deported in a manner which prevented them from lodging an application with the Court before their deportation, that their

On 28 December 2020 the company sent the applicants letters informing them of their disciplinary dismissal as of the day after reception of the letter.

They then proceeded along Svoboda Street towards the cemetery.

The security forces had not destroyed the applicants’ village or forced them to leave their homes.