Nicos Samson, was a weird bloke with a bizarre sense of ethics and moral values…
He thought that participating in a coup to overthrow the democratically elected government of Cyprus and placing himself as “president” was ok, but running away once Turkey invaded and later getting arrested and imprisoned for treason was not! In fact he thought it was a violation of his human rights…
ECHR Application No. 19774/92 by Nicolaos SAMPSON against Cyprus
http://cmiskp.echr.coe.int/tkp197/view. ... n=hudoc-en
And the ruling of this application:
“The Commission finds that these complaints are wholly
unsubstantiated. It follows that they are manifestly ill-founded within
the meaning of Article 27 para. 2 (Art. 27-2) of the Convention.
For these reasons, the Commission, unanimously,
DECLARES THE APPLICATION INADMISSIBLE.”