issued by the Registrar of the Court
ECHR 235 (2025)
14.10.2025
Judgments of 14 October 2025
The European Court of Human Rights has today notified in writing 17 judgments1:
three Chamber judgments are summarised below;
two separate press releases have been issued for two Chamber judgments in the cases of Tsatani
v. Greece (application no. 42514/16) and Georgia v. Russia (IV) (no. 39611/18);
12 Committee judgments, concerning issues which have already been examined by the Court, can be
consulted on Hudoc and do not appear in this press release.
The judgment in French below is indicated with an asterisk (*).
B.F. v. Greece (application no. 59816/13)
The applicant, Mr B.F., is an Iranian national who was born in 1980.
Mr B.F. entered Greece in August 2012. He was arrested immediately on arrival, subsequently
released, then arrested again in July 2013 and placed in administrative detention for his irregular
status. He applied for asylum first on account of his sexual orientation and then his religious beliefs.
He was ultimately released again in September 2013 and granted refugee status. The case concerns
his complaints about the unlawfulness and conditions of his detention for just over two and half
months in 2013 in Kolonos police station.
Relying on Articles 3 (prohibition of inhuman and degrading treatment) and 13 (right to an effective
remedy) of the European Convention on Human Rights, Mr B.F. complains of overcrowding, lack of
hygiene and poor food when he was detained in Kolonos police station, which he alleges was not
suitable for prolonged detention. He also alleges under Article 5 §§ 1 and 4 (right to liberty and
security) that his detention was arbitrary and that the proceedings for judicial review of the lawfulness
of his detention pending the examination of his asylum request were inadequate.
Violation of Article 3
Violation of Article 13 in conjunction with Article 3
No violation of Article 5 § 1
Just satisfaction:
non-pecuniary damage: 3,000 euros (EUR)
costs and expenses: EUR 1,500
F.M. and Others v. Greece (no. 17622/21)*
The case concerns the sinking of a boat which occurred, according to the applicants, on 16 March 2018
off the coast of the island of Agathonisi (Greece).
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The applicants are two Afghan and two Iraqi nationals. They all complain of the death of their relatives
in that boat accident.
Three of the applicants, who were on the boat and survived, submit that their lives were put in danger
owing to the acts and/or omissions of the authorities, particularly the coastguards.
All of the applicants also allege that the investigations into the accident in question were ineffective.
They rely on Article 2 (right to life) of the European Convention.
Violation of Article 2 (investigation)
Violation of Article 2 (right to life)
Just satisfaction: Request for just satisfaction not made within the set time-limit
Tuğluk v. Türkiye (no. 71757/17)
The applicant, Aysel Tuğluk, is a Turkish national who was born in 1965. She is a well-known political
figure, engaged in the Kurdish issue and women’s rights.
Ms Tuğluk was convicted in 2018 of membership of an illegal armed organisation, namely the
Democratic Society Congress (Demokratik Toplum Kongresi – “the DTK”), which the authorities
considered was linked to the PKK/KCK (the Kurdish Workers’ Party/Kurdistan Communities Union).
She was sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment. She has since been released on health grounds. The
case concerns her pre-trial detention for approximately one year and three months pending those
criminal proceedings.
Relying on Article 5 §§ 1, 3 and 4 (right to liberty and security), the applicant complains that the
prosecuting authorities and courts failed to provide reasonable evidence that she had committed the
criminal offences of which she was suspected, that the courts also failed to justify her continued
detention and that she could not properly challenge her detention because of restrictions on access
to the case file.
Also relying on Article 10 (freedom of expression), she alleges that the reasons for her pre-trial
detention were based on press statements, meetings, demonstrations and speeches she had made as
co-chair of the DTK, which she stresses were not an incitement to violence as alleged, but aimed at
finding peaceful solutions to the Kurdish problem.
Lastly, she alleges under Article 18 (limitation on use of restrictions on rights) of the European that
she had been detained in 2016, like many other members of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (Halkların
Demokratik Partisi), the country’s second-largest opposition party, as part of a broader policy to
silence political debate.
Violation of Article 5 §§1 et 3
Violation of Article 10
Violation of Article 18 in conjunction with Article 5 § 1
Just satisfaction:
non-pecuniary damage: EUR 16,000
costs and expenses: EUR 1,500
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