Y.S. v. THE NETHERLANDS



                      Application No. 14954/89

                      by Youssef SAID

                      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 Youssef SAID against the Netherlands and registered on 28 April 1989

under file No. 14954/89;

        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 Lebanese or Syrian national, born in 1967,

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 by Syria for his activities in a Christian Militia in

Lebanon.  His wife  was 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)

 

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