CEDH · CASELAW;DECISIONS;DECCOMMISSION;ENG — 6 février 1990

.sDD6737AE { font-size:11pt } .s211D6B00 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; line-height:normal; widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:8.5pt } .sBB9EE52A { font-family:Arial }                        Application No. 14952/89                       by S.S.                       against the Netherlands             The European Commission of Human Rights sitting in private on 6 February 1990, the following members being present:                 MM. C.A. NØRGAARD, President                   J.A. FROWEIN                   S. TRECHSEL                   F. ERMACORA                   E. BUSUTTIL                   G. JÖRUNDSSON                   A.S. GÖZÜBÜYÜK                   A. WEITZEL                   J.-C. SOYER                   H.G. SCHERMERS                   H. DANELIUS                   G. BATLINER                   J. CAMPINOS                   H. VANDENBERGHE              Mrs.   G.H. THUNE              Sir   Basil HALL              MM.   F. MARTINEZ                   C.L. ROZAKIS              Mrs.   J. LIDDY              Mr.   L. LOUCAIDES                Mr.   H.C. KRÜGER, Secretary to the Commission           Having regard to Article 25 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms;           Having regard to the application introduced on 27 April 1989 by S.S. against the Netherlands and registered on 28 April 1989 under file No. 14952/89;           Having regard to the report provided for in Rule 40 of the Rules of Procedure of the Commission;           Having deliberated;           Decides as follows:           The applicant is a Syrian national, born in 1949, and at present residing in Groningen, the Netherlands.   In the procedure before the Commission he is represented by Ms.   M.G. Th.   Omtzigt a lawyer practising in Groningen.           The applicant complains that if he is deported to Syria he will be persecuted as a Syrian-Orthodox Christian emigrant.   His wife and child were sent back to Syria in January 1989.   He invokes Articles 3 and 8 of the Convention.           By letter of 22 November 1989 the applicant's representative informed the Commission that the applicant had been granted a permanent residence permit in the Netherlands, and that he, therefore, no longer wished to pursue the application.           The Commission notes that the applicant does not wish to pursue his application and considers that there are no reasons of a general character affecting the observance of the Convention which necessitate the further retention of this case.             For these reasons, the Commission           DECIDES TO STRIKE THE APPLICATION OFF ITS LIST OF CASES       Secretary to the Commission            President of the Commission           (H.C. KRÜGER)                         (C.A. NØRGAARD)