CAT/C/65/D/796/2017 United Nations Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment Distr.: General 10 January 2019 Original: English Committee against Torture Decision adopted by the Committee under article 22 of the Convention, concerning communication No. 796/2017*, ** Communication submitted by: M.A. (represented by counsel, Johan Lagerfelt) Alleged victims: The complainant State party: Sweden Date of complaint: 18 November 2016 (initial submission) Substantive issues: Risk of torture and ill-treatment upon deportation to the Russian Federation At its meeting on 15 November 2018, the Committee, having ascertained that the applications of the complainant and his family for asylum were being re-examined, and that they had received residence and working permits valid until 15 August 2020, and having received confirmation from the complainant’s counsel that he had agreed with the State party’s request for discontinuance, decided to discontinue the consideration of communication No. 796/2017. * ** Adopted by the Committee at its sixty-fifth session (12 November–7 December 2018). 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, Bakhtiyar Tuzmukhamedov and Honghong Zhang. GE.19-00376(E) 

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