CAT/C/40/D/301/2006 Page 2 ANNEX DECISION OF THE COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE UNDER ARTICLE 22 OF THE CONVENTION AGAINST TORTURE AND OTHER CRUEL, INHUMAN OR DEGRADING TREATMENT OR PUNISHMENT Fortieth session Concerning Communication No. 301/2006 Submitted by: Z. K. (represented by counsel, Confrere Juristbyrå) Alleged victim: The complainant State party: Sweden Date of the complaint: 22 August 2006 (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 9 May 2008, Having concluded its consideration of complaint No. 301/2006, submitted to the Committee against Torture by Z. K. 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, his counsel and the State party, Adopts the following decision under article 22, paragraph 7, of the Convention against Torture. 1.1 The complainant is Z. K., an Azeri born in 1961, currently awaiting deportation from Sweden. He claims that his deportation to Azerbaijan would constitute a violation by Sweden of article 3 of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. He is represented by counsel. 1.2 In accordance with article 22, paragraph 3, of the Convention, the Committee transmitted the communication to the State party on 22 August 2006 and requested it, under rule 108, paragraph 1, of the Committee’s rules of procedure, not to expel the complainant to Azerbaijan while his complaint was under consideration by the Committee. The facts as presented by the complainant 2.1 The complainant lived in the village of Zerrab, working as a lorry driver. A branch of the Azerbaijani People’s Party (APP) was set up in the city of Oghuz (40 kms from his home)

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