CAT/C/56/D/577/2013 Annex Decision of the Committee against Torture under article 22 of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (fifty-sixth session) concerning Communication No. 577/2013* Submitted by: N.B. (not represented by counsel) Alleged victim: The complainant State party: Russian Federation Date of complaint: 13 May 2013 (initial submission) The Committee against Torture, established under article 17 of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, Meeting on 25 November 2015, Having concluded its consideration of complaint No. 577/2013, submitted to it by N.B. under article 22 of the Convention, Having taken into account all information made available to it by the complainant and the State party, Adopts the following: Decision under article 22 (7) of the Convention 1. The complainant is N.B., a Russian national born in 1969, who at the time of submission was serving a prison sentence in correctional facility No. 29 (IK-29) in the Kirovsky region of the Russian Federation. He complained that he was beaten and tortured by police officers while in pretrial detention and that his complaints regarding torture have not been adequately investigated. The complainant’s submission is addressed to the Committee against Torture, but he refers to violations by the State party of articles 3, 6, 13 and 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (European Convention on Human Rights). The complainant is not represented. Facts as presented by the complainant 2.1 On 12 and 13 October 2008, the complainant was detained at the Regional Department of the Ministry of the Interior in Pyatigorsk, Stavropol Region. He was beaten by several police officers on his head and abdomen and received electric shocks, with the aim of extracting a confession. As a consequence, the complainant suffered partial hearing loss, pain in the heart area and one of his ribs was broken. * The following members of the Committee participated in the examination of the present communication: Essadia Belmir, Alessio Bruni, Satyabhoosun Gupt Domah, Abdoulaye Gaye, Jens Modvig, Sapana Pradhan-Malla, George Tugushi and Kening Zhang. 2

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