CAT/C/67/D/816/2017 United Nations Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment Distr.: General 13 September 2019 Original: English Committee against Torture Decision adopted by the Committee under article 22 of the Convention, concerning communication No. 816/2017*, ** Communication submitted by: X, Y and others Alleged victims: The complainants State party: Sweden Date of complaint: 23 March 2017 Document references: Decision taken pursuant to rules 114 and 115 of the Committee’s rules of procedure, transmitted to the State party on 24 March 2017 (not issued in document form) Date of present decision: 2 August 2019 Subject matter: Deportation from Sweden to Egypt Substantive issues: Risk of torture and ill-treatment Procedural issues: Level of substantiation of claims Article of the Convention: 3 1.1 The complainants are X and Y, a married couple who are both Egyptian nationals. They submit the complaint on their own behalf and on behalf of their five minor children. They claim that the State party would violate their rights under article 3 of the Convention if it removed them to Egypt. The complainants are not represented by counsel. 1.2 On 24 March 2017, acting through its Rapporteur on new complaints and interim measures, the Committee decided to issue a request for interim measures under rule 114 (1) of its rules of procedure and requested the State party not to deport the complainants to Egypt while the communication was being considered by the Committee. The facts as presented by the complainants 2.1 The complainants resided in the United Arab Emirates during the protests that took place in Egypt in June 2013 which resulted in the overthrow of then President Mohamed Morsi, the leader of the Muslim Brotherhood. The male complainant had supported Mr. Morsi during the 2012 presidential elections in Egypt. * Adopted by the Committee at its sixty-seventh session (22 July–9 August 2019). ** The following members of the Committee participated in the examination of the communication: Essadia Belmir, Felice Gaer, Abdelwahab Hani, Claude Heller Rouassant, Jens Modvig, Ana Racu, Diego Rodríguez-Pinzón, Sébastien Touzé and Bakhtiyar Tuzmukhamedov. GE.19-15743(E) 

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