Claim: The ECHR overturned the deportation of a Libyan alcoholic with 78 convictions partly on grounds that it was very hard to buy alcohol in Libya.
Fact-check: European Court of Human Rights not involved in 2014 deportation case - Full Fact
Verdict: the echr did not rule on this case. a uk tribunal judge cited the european convention on human rights, and found that he would be likely to drink alcohol in libya, and risked being subjected to detention and corporal punishment as a result.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Hannah Smith
Date published: 2022-06-21T00:00:00