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place,that the complainant’s alleged level of responsibility in the Bangladesh Freedom
Party was low and his participation was at the local level only. In addition, it observes
that the complainant has provided no evidence, documentary or otherwise, either to
the State party or to the Committee, to demonstrate that he had been convicted and
sentenced to life imprisonment for murder. In fact, it is clear from the judgment
provided by the State party on 22 April 2005 that the complainant’s name is not
among those convicted. For these reasons, and considering the fact that the
government has changed since the alleged torture, the Committee considers that the
complainant has failed to show that substantial grounds exist, to prove that he would
be at a real and personal risk of being subjected to torture if removed from Sweden.
9. The Committee against Torture, acting under article 22, paragraph 7, of the
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or
Punishment, considers that the complainant has not substantiated his claim that he
would be subjected to torture upon return to Bangladesh and therefore concludes that
the complainant’s removal to that country would not constitute a breach by the State
party of article 3 of the Convention.
----[Adopted in English, French, Russian and Spanish, the English text being the original
version. Subsequently to be issued also in Arabic and Chinese as part of the
Committee’s annual report to the General Assembly.]