and punched him.

According to the applicant, he had a gun in his hand, swore at the applicant, grabbed him by his collar and hit him on the head with the gun handle.

He contended that he never received the decision ordering his release, although the competent authorities had promised to send him a copy thereof to his address in England.

    On 11 May 2007 the applicant was examined by a doctor who noted that he had a large haematoma on the outer side of his left hip measuring 14   by 14 cm.

According to the first applicant, after his arrival at the police station the officers started pressuring him to make him confess to the murders.

why there was no longer a relationship of trust between him and his counsel.

They had also stabbed him behind the ears with ballpoint pens and hit him repeatedly in the face.

Also, he had not indicated, either through his chosen legal representative or by way of written submissions, his wish for the court to hear evidence from him directly or the objective reasons preventing

This meant that the Minister of Justice could either release him under certain conditions or order his preventive detention.

In addition, after his release police officers followed him and tapped his phone. 5.

The applicant stressed that the exclusion order had been issued only on the basis of his criminal conviction without any regard to either his stateless status or the impossibility for him to regularise

of his detention.

He complained that they had exposed him to the public in handcuffs and then taken him to his workplace and his home, still in handcuffs.

He further alleged that he had a visible haematoma under his left eye and that the disciplinary measure against him was a consequence of his previous complaints about the prison conditions.

He submits that his daughter, allegedly influenced by her mother, refused any contact with him.

The police officers threatened him with excessive length of proceedings and told him that if he accepted the charges they would help him and release him from detention.

On his retrieval, the prison officers allegedly handcuffed him and fettered his legs, tore his clothes off, forced him down on the ground, knelt on his head and beat him.

The applicant underlined that he would be persecuted for his political views and this allegation, according to him, was proved by the criminal charges against him.

Some authorities complied with his requests but others asked him to pay for copies.