2 H.S. AND OTHERS v. CYPRUS JUDGMENT 5. On 19 January 2011 the President of the First Section decided to communicate the complaints under Article 5 §§ 1 (f), 2 and 4 of the Convention and Article 4 of Protocol No. 4. It was also decided to rule on the admissibility and merits of the application at the same time (Article 29 § 1). 6. On 25 August 2011 the Court changed the composition of its Sections (Rule 25 § 1 of the Rules of Court) and the applications were assigned to the newly composed Fourth Section. 7. On 30 November 2012 the President of the Fourth Section decided on her own motion to grant the applicants anonymity (Rule 47 § 3 of the Rules of Court). THE FACTS I. THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE A. The applicants’ asylum claims and all relevant proceedings 1. Application no. 41753/10 - H.S v. Cyprus 8. The applicant, who is a Syrian national of Kurdish origin, was born in 1982 in Syria. 9. In his application form to the Court the applicant stated that following the events in Qamishli in March 2004 (see paragraph 242 above; paragraph 3.13 of the United Kingdom Border Agency’s Country of Origin Information Report on Syria) he had participated in demonstrations that took place at his university. He was arrested in July the same year by the civil police and was detained for four days. During this period he was illtreated and his health was adversely affected by the physical violence he was subjected to. The applicant was arrested again in March 2005 for three days and once again subjected to physical violence. Following his release, he was not able to find any employment as his police file remained open. He also submitted that he had not served compulsory military service. 10. The applicant left Syria on 10 February 2006 and entered Cyprus illegally on 5 March 2006 after travelling from Turkey. He submitted that he secured a visa for Turkey after bribing officials. 11. He applied for asylum in Cyprus on 12 March 2006. 12. The Asylum Service discontinued the examination of his application and closed his file on 29 August 2007 by virtue of section 16A (1) (a) of the Refugee Law of 2000-2004 (as amended up to 2004; Law no. 6(I)/2000; see paragraphs 236 below and M.A. v. Cyprus, no. 41872/10, § 74, ECHR 2013 (extracts)) as the applicant had not complied with the obligation deriving