had been tortured in the way he described.

Some of those arrested were reportedly tortured.

Untold numbers of those who have been arrested or forcibly disappeared by the regime have faced torture and even executions.

(h) Both States have a common interest in denying that returned persons were subjected to torture.

She points out that it was incumbent on the State party to use every means to ensure the protection of individuals from torture.

The allegations were much more serious this time and included claims that he had been subjected to torture involving the use of electricity.

On 8 November 2000, his brother was tortured to death in a military camp.

In its conclusion, the Board also stated that it did not consider it probable that the complainant had been subjected to torture, or that he had a well founded fear of being subjected to torture or corporal punishment.

He is a Red Crescent volunteer who was arrested in Syria and is reportedly being subjected to 'monstrous torture.'

Egyptian police torture is certainly not a new headline however each individual case carries its own unique and shocking details.

Even if it were to be considered established through the evidence that the complainant was tortured in 1997, this does not mean that he has substantiated his claim that he will risk torture in the future.

The Committee notes that the courts that tried the complainant's case concluded that he had indeed been tortured.

However, the Committee considers that while it is probable that the complainant was subjected to torture, the question is whether he risks torture upon return to Bangladesh at present.

Throughout his custody, the complainant was subjected to torture, at least once a week for two or three days at a time.

4.5 The State party considers that, even if it is considered established by medical certificates that the complainant was subjected to torture in the past, that does not mean that she has substantiated her claim that she will risk being tortured in the future if returned to Bangladesh.

He wrote a letter about how he was tortured by Intelligence Ministry agents to be forced to confess to a prosecutor, but the letter was confiscated.

Conversely, the absence of a consistent pattern of gross violations of human rights does not mean that a person is in no danger of being subjected to torture in the specific circumstances of his case.

A further distinction is that the treatment at the point of expulsion clearly pointed, in the current case, to the future risk of torture.

In Laghman, a man from Kunduz was illegally detained in a commander's private prison for four months and was reportedly tortured on a regular basis.

He describes the torture as follows his hair was shaved and water was dropped on his head and poured through his nostrils he was subjected to electric shocks and he was hit with clubs, truncheons and long sticks.

Some 75 per cent of the 103 detainees had been held longer than the statutory limit of 14 days and 23 claimed to have been tortured.

The forensic report lists a number of findings of scars and injuries which are typical for victims of violence and support the complainant's description of torture.

In response to a question by counsel, the correspondent stated that he had explicitly asked the complainant if he had been tortured, and that he had replied that he could not comment.

Nevertheless, it remains concerned about the widespread practice of torture and ill treatment of persons detained by the military as well as by other law enforcement officials.

The certificate from Fittja does not include an assessment of whether the complainant was tortured and does not mention physical injuries or post traumatic stress disorder.

3.5 Furthermore, the complainant's Egyptian lawyer is well qualified to reach his conclusion, after meeting with the complainant, that he had been tortured.

However, an autopsy found 24 external wounds on his body, three fractured ribs and a broken rib which caused bruising to the heart, indicating that he had been tortured.

It was only in his first appeal to the Aliens Appeal Board on 18 June 2001 that the authorities were informed that the complainant had been tortured by police in 1995 and in 1997 or 1998.

This strongly suggests that the complainant was in fact tortured, as Egypt would benefit significantly from being able to demonstrate to other countries, through an independent investigation showing that the complainant had not been tortured, that Egypt could safely be trusted with the return of sensitive prisoners and to abide by assurances given.

(c) Despite the safeguards in place, the Parliamentary Ombudsman reported on one recent case of an asylum seeker whose application had been rejected and who was subsequently allegedly subjected to torture in his country of origin

However, even prior to the third visit on 14 April 2002, information was circulating to the effect that the complainant's mother had stated publicly that her son had been tortured after his return to Egypt.

It is also alleged that Mr. Al Rabassi was detained incommunicado at an undisclosed location belonging to the Internal Security Agency for more than a month, where he was allegedly subjected to torture.

As Tommaso Campanella, a great philosopher who spent much time in prison and was tortured because of his ideas, wrote a few centuries ago, history is changed first by the tongue and then by the sword.

8.4 The Committee notes that the Swedish immigration authorities have thoroughly evaluated the complainant's case and considered whether the complainant risked torture or persecution in Bangladesh they concluded that he was not at risk.

Last month the Sudanese government responded to peaceful mass protests with guns and tear gas.

The Committee considers that the facts before it justify the conclusion that the author's son was subjected to torture and to cruel and inhuman treatment, in violation of articles 7 and 10, paragraph 1, of the Covenant.

In the village of Garadaghly alone, over 80 civilian Azerbaijanis, including children, women and old people, were tortured and killed mercilessly, dozens of people were taken hostage and the village itself was burned and razed to the ground.

The Ambassador conveyed the message that the Government of Sweden continued to be concerned about the allegations that the complainant had been exposed to torture and other ill treatment during the initial period following his return to Egypt.

He has not provided reliable information that he was tortured in the past nor that he had had any problem with the police or had attracted any interest from the military or the police while he continued to live in Ecuador, even after the events at Cononaco camp.

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's contention that he was subjected to torture and ill treatment.

An official at South Korea s Ministry of Justice, who asked not to be identified, writes in an email that the agency fairly evaluates refugee applications and bases decisions on evidence that the asylum seeker would be persecuted if they return home.

8.3 The Committee observes that the State party has not contested the complainant's claim that he was tortured and notes that the Aliens Appeal Board was of the view that the complainant's political opponents may have been responsible for this torture.

4.8 Concerning the allegations of past torture, the State party submits that the complainant did not mention, either during the asylum interview held in March 2000 or at the meeting with representatives of the Aliens Appeal Board in July 2002 relating to his new application, that he had suffered torture by the police.