Cyprus scolded for unlawful detention

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ordered Cyprus on Tuesday to pay 30,000 euros in non-pecuniary damages for the unlawful detention and degrading treatment of an Iranian national. The Republic must also pay 4,124 euros in legal fees.
The case concerned his detention pending deportation for over 18 months in three Cypriot police stations.
According to the ECHR, Mustafa Haghilo, an Iranian national currently living in Armenia, entered Cyprus unlawfully in March 2011. Shortly after, he was arrested at Larnaca airport when trying to take a flight to London on a forged passport and was placed in detention.
In April 2011, the Ministry of the Interior informed him of a decision to deport him because he was an illegal immigrant. From then, he was kept in holding facilities for immigration detainees at three different police stations.
He was released in October...