Communicated on 8 October 2019
SECOND SECTION
Applications nos. 13289/19 and 13292/19
Huseyin BAYRAKTAR against the Republic of Moldova
and Sertif AYRI against the Republic of Moldova
lodged on 6 March 2019 and 5 March 2019 respectively
SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASE
The applications concern the extradition to Turkey of two Turkish nationals, suspected of ties with the Gülen movement. The applicants were high school teachers. Both of them had valid working and residence permits and had families in Moldova. On 6 September 2018, early in the morning, the applicants’ houses and apartments were stormed by masked persons from the Moldovan secret service. All applicants were arrested and taken to an unknown direction. Their whereabouts became unknown to their families for several days and it appeared only later that they had been extradited to Turkey on the same day by a charter flight. The Turkish press reported about a successful operation conducted in Moldova by the Turkish secret service concerning the apprehension of several members of the Gülen movement.
The applicants complain that their arrest and detention was unlawful and contrary to Article 5 of the Convention; that the decision to extradite them to Turkey did not comply with the procedural requirements of Article 1 of Protocol No. 7 and that their extradition was in breach of their right to respect for private and family life as guaranteed by Article 8 of the Convention.
QUESTIONS tO THE PARTIES
1. Were the applicants deprived of their liberty in breach of Article 5 § 1 of the Convention (Özdil and Others v. the Republic of Moldova, no. 42305/18, 11 June 2019)?
2. Has there been a violation of the applicants’ right to respect for their private or family life, contrary to Article 8 of the Convention (Özdil and Others, cited above)?
Application no 13289/19
No.
Firstname LASTNAME
Birth year
Nationality
Place of residence
Representative
1
Huseyin BAYRAKTAR
1988
Turkish
Unknown prison in turkey
N. Frumosu
Application no 13292/19
No.
Firstname LASTNAME
Birth year
Nationality
Place of residence
Representative
1
Sertif AYRI
1979
Turkish
Unknown prison in turkey
N. Frumosu
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