Habash v. Greece

THIRD SECTION

Application no. 46255/17 Roydin HABASH against Greece

(see appended table)

The European Court of Human Rights (Third Section), sitting on 4 June 2026 as a Committee composed of:

Úna Ní Raifeartaigh , President , Canòlic Mingorance Cairat, Vasilka Sancin , judges ,

and Viktoriya Maradudina, Acting Deputy Section Registrar,

Having regard to the above application against the Hellenic Republic lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (“the Convention”) on 30 June 2017,

Having deliberated, decides as follows:

The applicant, Mr Roydin Habash, was born in 1987. He was represented by Ms E.-L. Koutra, a lawyer practising in Athens.

The applicant’s complaints under Articles 2 and 3 of the Convention, taken alone and together with Article 13 of the Convention, concerning the conditions of detention in the Alikarnassos prison were communicated to the Greek Government (“the Government”), who submitted observations on the admissibility and merits.

By a letter sent through the Court’s Electronic Communication Service (eComms) on 3 October 2025, the applicant was asked to inform the Court about further developments in his case. In the absence of the requested information, on 19 December 2025 the applicant’s representative was asked to confirm that she was still in contact with the applicant. Her attention was drawn to the fact that if the requested information was not received within the above time-limit, the Court may conclude that the applicant no longer wished to pursue the application and may decide to strike it from its list of cases. On 23 January 2026 the applicant’s representative submitted that the applicant “had fled prison”, and that she was ready to contact his partner and mother of his children, if the Court confirms that an examination of the application continues. No further information was submitted.

In the light of the foregoing, and in the absence of any special circumstances regarding respect for the rights guaranteed by the Convention and the Protocols thereto, the Court, in accordance with Article 37 § 1 (a) of the Convention, considers that the representative had lost contact with the applicant and that it is no longer justified to continue the examination of the application.

Accordingly, the case should be struck out of the list.

For these reasons, the Court, unanimously,

Decides to strike the application out of its list of cases.

Done in English and notified in writing on 25 June 2026.

Viktoriya Maradudina Úna Ní Raifeartaigh Acting Deputy Registrar President

APPENDIX

Application raising complaints under Articles 2, 3 and 13 of the Convention

Application no. Date of introduction

Applicant’s name

Year of birth

Representative’s name and location

Date of the

applicant’s last

letter to the Court

Date of the Court’s

registered letter

Date of receipt of the registered letter

Date by which submissions were requested by the Court

46255/17

30/06/20217

Habash Roydin

1987

Electra-Leda KOUTRA

Athens

23/01/2026 (following 2 extension requests - no update provided by the applicant)

03/10/2025

(eComms)

03/10/2025

(eComms – downloaded on 07/10/2025)

23/01/2026

(initial deadline: 31/10/2025 – 2 extension requests granted)