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Greece ordered to pay Chinese man 5,000 euros over police mistreatment

The European Court of Human Rights has ordered Greece to pay a Chinese citizen 5,000 euros in compensation after wrongly arresting him in Athens in 2010 and mistreating him during detention.

The 29-year-old entered the country legally in 2006 and obtained a residence permit but was arrested and deported four years later.

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