THIRD SECTION
DECISION
Applications nos. 17504/22 and 17507/22
Sarfraz AHMED against Greece
and Md Suhang MIA against Greece
(see appended table)
The European Court of Human Rights (Third Section), sitting on 2 October 2025 as a Committee composed of:
Diana Kovatcheva, President,
Canòlic Mingorance Cairat,
Vasilka Sancin, judges,
and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,
Having regard to the above applications lodged on the various dates indicated in the appended table,
Having regard to the declaration submitted by the respondent Government requesting the Court to strike the applications out of the list of cases, and the applicants’ replies to this declaration,
Having deliberated, decides as follows:
FACTS AND PROCEDURE
The list of applicants is set out in the appended table.
The applicants were represented by Μr K. Tsitselikis, a lawyer practising in Thessaloniki.
The applicants’ complaints under Article 3 of the Convention concerning the inadequate conditions of detention were communicated to the Greek Government (“the Government”). Complaints based on the same facts were also communicated under other provisions of the Convention.
The Government submitted a declaration with a view to resolving the issues raised by these complaints. They further requested the Court to strike out the applications.
The Government acknowledged the inadequate conditions of detention in the facilities of the Glyfada Police station. They offered to pay the applicants the amounts detailed in the appended table and invited the Court to strike the applications out of the list of cases in accordance with Article 37 § 1 (c) of the Convention. The amounts would be payable within three months from the date of notification of the Court’s decision. In the event of failure to pay these amounts within the above-mentioned three-month period, the Government undertook to pay simple interest on them, from the expiry of that period until settlement, at a rate equal to the marginal lending rate of the European Central Bank during the default period plus three percentage points.
The payment will constitute the final resolution of the cases.
The applicants informed the Court that they agreed to the terms of the declaration.
THE LAW
Having regard to the similar subject matter of the applications, the Court finds it appropriate to examine them jointly in a single decision.
The Court finds that, following the applicants’ express agreement to the terms of the declaration made by the Government, the cases should be treated as a friendly settlement between the parties in the part related to the inadequate conditions of detention.
It therefore takes note of the friendly settlement reached between the parties. It is satisfied that the settlement is based on respect for human rights as defined in the Convention and the Protocols thereto and finds no reasons to justify the continued examination of the applications in the part covered by the Government’s declaration accepted by the applicants.
In view of the above, it is appropriate to strike the cases out of the list in this part.
As regards the remaining complaints raised by the applicants, taking into account the facts of the case, the Government’s unilateral declaration and the Court’s decision to strike out the part of the applications relating to the complaints under Article 3 of the Convention, the Court considers that the main legal question raised in the present applications has been resolved. It concludes, therefore, that there is no need to examine this part of the applications.
For these reasons, the Court, unanimously,
Decides to join the applications;
Decides to strike the part of the applications, as covered by the Government’s declaration and accepted by the applicants, out of its list of cases in accordance with Article 39 of the Convention;
Decides that there is no need to examine separately the remaining part of the applications.
Done in English and notified in writing on 23 October 2025.
Viktoriya Maradudina Diana Kovatcheva
Acting Deputy Registrar President
APPENDIX
List of applications raising complaints under Article 3 of the Convention
(inadequate conditions of detention)
No.
Application no.
Date of introduction
Applicant’s name
Year of birth
Date of receipt of Government’s declaration
Date of receipt of applicant’s acceptance
Amount awarded for non-pecuniary damage and costs and expenses
(in euros)[1]
17504/22
31/03/2022
Sarfraz AHMED
1992
09/05/2023
12/05/2023
4,800
17507/22
31/03/2022
Md Suhang MIA
1991
09/05/2023
12/05/2023
4,000
[1] Plus any tax that may be chargeable to the applicants.