According to the ECtHR press release of 14 October 2025:

"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."

The court found a violation of Article 3 alone due to the conditions of detention and a violation of Article 13 in conjunction with Article 3 due to lack of a domestic remedy to complain about the detention conditions. The court found no violation of Article 5 § 1 as it noted that the applicant did not present any particular vulnerabilities, and his detention was ordered by a competent authority, based on a clear legal provision and pursued a legitimate aim.