CEDH · CASELAW;DECISIONS;DECCOMMISSION;ENG — 6 février 1990

.sDD6737AE { font-size:11pt } .s211D6B00 { margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; line-height:normal; widows:0; orphans:0; font-size:8.5pt } .sBB9EE52A { font-family:Arial }                           Application No. 14953/89                            by I.S. and H.C.                         against the Netherlands         The European Commission of Human rights sitting in private on 6 February 1990, the following members being present:         MM.   C.A. NØRGAARD, President            J.A. FROWEIN            S. TRESCHEL            F. ERMACORA            E. BUSUTTIL            G. JÖRUNDSSON            A.S. GÖZÜBÜYÜK            A. WEITZEL            J.-C. SOYER            H.G. SCHERMERS            H. DANELIUS            G. BATLINER            J. CAMPINOS            H. VANDENBERGHE       Mrs. G.H. THUNE       Sir   Basil HALL       MM.   F. MARTINEZ            C.L. ROZAKIS       Mrs. J. LIDDY       Mr.   L. LOUCAIDES         Mr.   H.C. KRÜGER, Secretary to the Commission         Having regard to Article 25 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms;         Having regard to the application introduced on 27 April 1989 by I.S. and H.C. against the Netherlands and registered on 28 April 1989 under file No. 14953/89;         Having regard to the report provided for in Rule 40 of the Rules of Procedure of the Commission;         Having deliberated;         Decides as follows:         The applicants are Syrian nationals, born in 1957 and 1960, and at present residing in Groningen, the Netherlands.   In the procedure before the Commission they are represented by Ms. M.G. Th. Omtzigt, a lawyer practising in Groningen.         The applicants complain that if they are deported to Syria they will be persecuted as Syrian-Orthodox Christian emigrants.   They invoke Article 3 of the   Convention.         By letter of 22 November 1989 the applicants' representative informed the Commission that the applicants had been granted a permanent residence permit in the Netherlands, and that they, therefore, no longer wished to pursue the application.         The Commission notes that the applicants do not wish to pursue this application and considers that there are no reasons of a general character affecting the observance of the Convention which necessitate the further retention of this case.         For these reasons, the Commission         DECIDES TO STRIKE THE APPLICATION OFF ITS LIST OF CASES   Secretary to the Commission             President to the Commission         (H.C. KRÜGER)                                (C.A. NØRGAARD)