District Judge Michalis Papathanasiou accepted the extradition request of the Kurdish political refugee Kenan Ayas and executed the extradition warrant to the German law enforcement authorities. According to the decision, Kenan's extradition to be executed in ten...
The final arguments of two parties and the conclusion of the Kenan Ayas trial have come to pass. The representative of the Prosecution was content to repeat the German documents and the terrorism case for which the Kurdish political refugee is accused, without...
A Four-hour testimony was given by Kenan, before Larnaca District Court, to prove that his persecution is political. For this purpose he made reference to the history of Kurdistan and the struggle for freedom independence and social emancipation. Reference was also...
At today’s hearing, the proceedings continued with the examination and cross-examination of German lawyer Antonia Von Der Behrens. Mrs Behrens discussed the procedure for authorizing and withdrawing criminal prosecutions followed by the Federal Ministry of Justice and...
Testimony was given to support Kenan's non-consensual extradition to Germany. Ayas's testimony contained historic references as well as references to suspicious dealings between Germany and Turkey to extradite, arrest and hand over Kurdish fighters who had taken...
Four witnesses were called on the part of the Legal Department, three of them police officers. The first one intercepted Kenan Ayas at the airport on the morning of March 15. The second executed the provisional arrest warrant at 17:00 on the same day without reading...
The Asylum Service failed to hand over the file of Kenan Ayias to his lawyer Efstathios Efstathiou, despite Mr Efstathiou's request for the file to be handed over from 20/03/23. Due to the delay of the Asylum Service, Kenan was detained for another three days without...
Kenan was brought again before the Larnaca District Court on 21 March 2023. The proceedings were of procedural nature and concerned the approval of legal aid for Kenan Ayas. A request for further detention was granted and the President of the Court stated that a...
On Friday 17 March, he is brought before the Larnaca District Court, which ordered his detention until Tuesday 21 March 2023. It is reported that the 48-year-old Kurdish man has served a 13-year prison sentence in Turkey and is on a long list of wanted persons for...
On 15 March 2023 Kenan Agias is arrested at Larnaca International Airport under a European Arrest Warrant. It is established that the 48-year-old Kurdish man has been recognized by the Republic of Cyprus as politically persecuted by Turkey and is placed under...