The European Court of Human Rights has reviewed a ruling penalizing Finland regarding the alleged death of an asylum seeker who was returned to Iraq, based on evidence proving that his death was false. The court decided to "review its ruling from November 14, 2019, and not to accept the application," according to a statement.
In 2019, the court condemned Finland after ruling that it violated the rights of a man believed to have been killed following his return to Iraq, after his asylum request was denied in Finland in 2017. The court found that Finland did not respect the man's right to life and protection against torture, ordering the country to pay 20,000 euros (approximately $23,700) to the family as compensation for the violation of their rights.
After reopening the investigation, Finnish authorities charged the Iraqi man's daughter, who had received asylum, along with her ex-husband, with falsely claiming that her father had been killed. In February of this year, a court in Finland sentenced her to 22 months in prison and her ex-husband to 23 months for falsifying documents that indicated her father's death.
