Condemnation of France by the ECHR to pay 6,500,000 euros to a man handicapped following his arrest

By a judgement of 15 February 2018, definitive since 15 May 2018, the European Court of Human Rights has condemned France to pay 6,500,000 euros in respect of pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage, and 39,950 euros in respect of costs and expenses, to a person who was ill-treated during an arrest by SNCF (French national railway company) security officers and the police, and who remains severely handicapped since then.

Cf. Cf. CEDH GHEDIR C. FRANCE, Rrequête n° 20579/12,

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