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village joined the rebels and, later in the same year, two of his cousins were forcibly
conscripted.
2.2
In the summer of 2008, the authorities arrested the complainant, who was then
interrogated by officials of the Russian security forces. The officials demanded information
concerning the villager who had voluntarily joined the rebels, stating that they were aware
that the complainant was in contact with him. After several hours of questioning, he was
released.
2.3
After he married,1 the complainant moved with his wife to Grozny. On an
unspecified date in 2010, his wife called him at work and told him that armed men had
come to their house and were looking for him. The same happened the next day. Out of
fear, the complainant did not return home but stayed at work. At some point after that,2 at
the market in Grozny, he was arrested by a policeman in civilian clothes. He was pushed
into a car with several military officers. A bag was placed over his head so he could not see
where he was being taken. He later found out that he had been taken to Shatoy district.3
2.4
Upon arrival in Shatoy district, the complainant was subjected to electric shocks for
approximately two to three hours. During that time, he was interrogated by the officers,
who asked him about the villager who had joined the rebels. He was also kicked and
beaten4 to the point of almost losing consciousness, then was revived by having cold water
poured over his head. After that, the complainant was dragged out into the yard and left
semi-conscious next to a car. He managed to leave the compound and was taken by an
acquaintance to his parents. After those events, the complainant moved to Grozny and lived
with his uncle for approximately one year.
2.5
While he was living in Grozny, the Russian military visited his parents on several
occasions. His parents told the officers that the complainant had joined the rebels.
2.6
The complainant moved back to his home village5 and lived with various relatives in
order to avoid being arrested again. During that time, his parents were under surveillance
and were interrogated several times, which is why the complainant did not maintain contact
with them. At the time of submitting the complaint, he was not talking to his parents, nor
did he have any contact with his former wife, as she had left him, unable to bear the
pressure and the fear. One of the complainant’s brothers was arrested in 2009 and sentenced
to one year of imprisonment for allegedly assisting the complainant.
2.7
On an unspecified date, the complainant arrived in Sweden and applied for asylum.
On 1 July 2013, the Migration Board dismissed his application. On an unspecified date, the
complainant appealed the Board’s decision. On 5 November 2013, the Migration Court
rejected his appeal. On 14 January 2014, the Migration Court of Appeals denied the
complainant’s request for a leave to appeal. The complainant claims to have exhausted all
available domestic remedies.
The complaint
3.
The complainant claims that his deportation to the Russian Federation would violate
his rights under article 3 of the Convention because he would be at personal risk of being
persecuted, tortured and ill-treated upon return.
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No specific date is provided for the event.
No specific dates are provided.
No details or dates are provided.
The complainant does not provide additional details regarding the alleged beatings.
No dates are specified.