CCPR/C/50/D/440/1990
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ANNEX
Views of the Human Rights Committee under article 5, paragraph 4
of the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil
and Political Rights - fiftieth session
,
concerning
Communication No. 440/1990
Submitted by :
Youssef El-Megreisi
Victim :
The author's brother
Mohammed Bashir El-Megreisi
State party :
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Date of communication :
27 December 1990
The Human Rights Committee
established under article 28 of the
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights,
Meeting on 23 March 1994,
Having concluded its consideration of communication No. 440/1990, submitted
to the Human Rights Committee by Mr. Youssef El-Megreisi on behalf of his
brother, Mr. Mohammed Bashir El-Megreisi under the Optional Protocol to the
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights,
Having taken into account
all written information made available to it by
the author of the communication,
Adopts its Views under article 5, paragraph 4, of the Optional Protocol.
1.
The author of the communication is Youssef El-Megreisi, a stateless
individual of Libyan origin, born in Benghazi, Libya, in 1958, currently
residing in the United Kingdom. He submits the communication on behalf of his
brother, Mohammed Bashir El-Megreisi, a Libyan citizen, born in 1956, said to be
unable himself to submit the communication. The author claims that his brother
is the victim of violations of his human rights by Libya. The Optional Protocol
entered into force for the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya on 16 August 1989.
The facts as submitted by the author
2.1 The author states that, in January 1989, his family home in Benghazi, where
the family, including his brother, his brother's wife and their two children,
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