According to the court press release:

"The applicant, Mr K.A., is a Moroccan national who was born in 1966 and lives in Cyprus. The case concerns the lawfulness of the applicant's detention, after arrival in Cyprus as an asylum seeker, on national-security grounds and the protracted nature of the domestic proceedings. The applicant complains that his detention from 10 January 2019 to 24 February 2020 and his detention from 3 April 2020 to June 2020 was unlawful in breach of Article 5 § 1 (right to liberty and security) of the Convention. He complains that the proceedings before the Administrative Court failed to respect the principle of equality of arms, while the appeal proceedings challenging the Administrative Court's decision did not comply with the speediness requirement, in breach of Article 5 § 4 (right to have lawfulness of detention decided speedily by a court)."

The court concluded that there was a violation of Article 5(4) of the European Convention.