CAT/C/31/D/228/2003
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ANNEX
DECISION OF THE COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE UNDER ARTICLE 22
OF THE CONVENTION AGAINST TORTURE AND OTHER CRUEL, INHUMAN
OR DEGRADING TREATMENT OR PUNISHMENT
Thirty-first session
Concerning
Communication No. 228/2003
Submitted by:
T. M. (represented by counsel, Ms.
Gunnel Stenberg)
Alleged victim:
T. M.
State party:
Sweden
Date of complaint:
6 March 2003 (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 18 November 2003,
Having concluded its consideration of complaint No. 228/2003, submitted to
the Committee against Torture by Mr. T. M. 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 author
of the complaint, his counsel and the State party,
Adopts the following:
Decision of the Committee Against Torture under article 22 of the Convention
1.1
The complainant is Mr. T. M., a Bangladeshi national born in 1973 and
awaiting deportation from Sweden to Bangladesh at the time of submission of the
complaint. He claims that his expulsion to Bangladesh would, in the circumstances,
constitute a violation by Sweden of articles 2, 3 and 16 of the Convention against
Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. He is
represented by counsel.
The facts as presented by the author
2.1
The complainant entered Sweden on 26 September 1999 and immediately
applied for asylum. During an Immigration Board interview on the same day, he
stated he had been become a member of the Bangladesh Freedom Party (hereafter