6.  The applicants, who were born in 1980 and 1977, respectively, live in Slobozia and Parcani, in the self-proclaimed “Moldovan Republic of Transdniestria” (“MRT”). In view of the fact that, in the applicants’ submission, it was impossible for them to apply to the Court directly, the application was lodged by their mothers. 7.  On 2 March 2005 the applicants were arrested by the “MRT” authorities and placed in detention on remand on suspicion of murder. On 1 June 2009 they were convicted by an “MRT” court and sentenced to terms of fourteen years and a half, and fourteen years’ imprisonment, respectively. On 4 August 2009 the Supreme Court of the “MRT” upheld the above judgment, but reduced the sentence of the first applicant to fourteen years’ imprisonment. 8.  It does not appear from the material in the case file and from the parties’ submissions that the applicants informed the authorities of the Republic of Moldova about the proceedings against them and the conviction and detention in the “MRT”. 9.  In December 2014 the applicants challenged their conviction by way of an extraordinary appeal before the Supreme Court of the Republic of Moldova which, on 14 February 2015, upheld their appeal and quashed the judgments of the “MRT” courts on the ground that they had been issued by unconstitutional tribunals. 10.  The applicants were released from detention on 20 July and 20 August 2015, respectively, for reasons which were not related to the Supreme Court of Moldova’s decision of 14 February 2015.