CAT/C/48/D/424/2010
Annex
Decision of the Committee against Torture under article 22 of
the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman
or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (forty-eighth session)
concerning
Communication No. 424/2010
Submitted by:
M.Z.A. (represented by counsel, Emma Persson)
Alleged victim:
The complainant
State party:
Sweden
Date of the complaint:
3 June 2010
The Committee against Torture, established under article 17 of the Convention
against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment,
Meeting on 22 May 2012,
Having concluded its consideration of complaint No. 424/2010, submitted to the
Committee against Torture by M.Z.A. under article 22 of the Convention against Torture
and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment,
Having taken into account all information made available to it by the complainant
and the State party,
Adopts the following:
Decision under article 22, paragraph 7, of the Convention against
Torture
1.1
The complainant is M.Z.A., born in 1957. He claims that his deportation to
Azerbaijan would constitute a breach by Sweden of article 3 of the Convention against
Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. The
complainant is represented by counsel, Emma Persson.
1.2
On 14 June 2010, the State party was requested, pursuant to rule 114, paragraph 1
(formerly rule 108, para. 1), of the Committee’s rules of procedure, not to expel the
complainant while his complaint is under consideration by the Committee.
The facts as presented by the complainant
2.1
The complainant studied to become a teacher and graduated in 1979 at the
“Teacher’s Institute” in Baku. While living in Azerbaijan, the complainant claims he and
his family had economic problems because he struggled to get a job due to his political
beliefs and membership in the Azerbaijan National Party (AMIP). The complainant claims
that he was an active member responsible for the party programme and recruiting new
members. He contends that as a result of his commitment to the party he was monitored by
the authorities.
2.2
The complainant submits that he participated in a number of political demonstrations
from 1998 until 2003. Some of the demonstrations were in connection with the holding of
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