Article 5 - Right to liberty and security

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M.B. v. the Netherlands, no. 71008/16

23.04.24

Arbitrary immigration detention of applicant pending assessment of his asylum application on public order grounds following criminal detention on terrorism related charges.
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Aydın Sefa Akay v. Türkiye, no. 59/17

23.04.24

Arrest and pre-trial detention as well as the search of his house and person of a judge of an international court despite the diplomatic immunity conferred on him by that court’s Statute, following the attempted coup of 15 July 2016, when Türkiye declared a state of emergency.
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Karaca v. Türkiye, no. 25285/15

20.06.23

Arrest and pre-trial detention of the applicant for the broadcasting of a television series on a channel belonging to an Islamist group, with the aim of slandering members of another Islamist group.
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