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This judgment will become final in the circumstances set out in Article 44 § 2 of the Convention. It may be subject to editorial revision.
The European Court of Human Rights (First Section), sitting as a Chamber composed of:
The case originated in an application (no. 43231/98) against the Republic of Bulgaria lodged with the European Commission of Human Rights (“the Commission”) under former Article 25 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (“the Convention”) by Mr E.M.K., a Bulgarian national born in 1973 and living in Sofia (“the applicant”), on 17 October 1997.
The applicant was represented by Mr Y. Grozev and Ms K. Yaneva, lawyers practising in Sofia. The Bulgarian Government (“the Government”) were represented by their Agents, Ms M. Pasheva and Ms M. Dimova, of the Ministry of Justice.
The applicant alleged, in particular, that after his arrest he had not been brought before a judge or a judicial officer, that his detention had been unjustified and excessively lengthy, that the judicial review of his detention had been flawed and that the criminal proceedings against him had lasted unreasonably long.
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