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political prisoners have been released by the Azerbaijani authorities, following presidential pardons,
in particular of the ADP leader himself and that this has not been contested by the complainants.
8.7 In the Committee's view, the complainants have failed to adduce any other tangible evidence
to demonstrate that E. J. would face a foreseeable, real and personal risk of being subjected to
torture if returned to Azerbaijan. For these reasons, and in light of the fact that the other
complainants’ case is closely linked to, if not dependent on, that of E. J., the Committee concludes
that the other complainants have also failed to substantiate their claim that they would also face a
foreseeable, real and personal risk of being subjected to torture upon their return to Azerbaijan. The
Committee therefore concludes that their removal to that country would not constitute a breach of
article 3 of the Convention.
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, concludes that
the complainants’ removal to Azerbaijan by the State party would not constitute a breach 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.]
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