CAT/C/57/D/611/2014 ethnicity. 1 In 1999, he worked at a marketplace with a friend, K., who the complainant alleges was subsequently murdered by Muslims. The complainant was routinely forced to bribe a police officer to stop being harassed owing to his ethnicity. 2 2.2 Around November 2001, the complainant began to notice that his eldest son, A., had become more solitary and had just broken up with his girlfriend. Around the end of November 2001, the complainant’s wife found a flyer in Russian and Arabic among their son’s clothing. The flyer stated that Allah is great and that the brothers of the religion of Islam should fight against the “infidel dogs” to purify the land of infidelity. The complainant’s wife was shocked at the discovery and discussed it with the complainant. They spoke about the flyer with A., who told them that he had just received it on the street and that it was not a cause for concern. Between 10 and 15 January 2002, the complainant’s wife found a green flag with an Arabic inscription in black. 3 She and the complainant discussed it with A., feeling that it could not be a coincidence. A. angrily told them that “it was his life”. 2.3 The complainant submits that he and his wife had to explain to A. that they were different from Muslims and that the complainant had been injured during the murder of his friend K. in 1999, which he alleges had been committed by Muslims. 4 The complainant also reminded A. that his younger brother, I., had been stabbed because he played for an overtly Muslim soccer club.5 A. still did not want to listen, and told his parents that the Muslim people with whom he was associating were not those who had attacked K. and I. A. told his parents to mind their own business and, around 15 January 2002, he left the family home and rented an apartment of his own. A. came back to visit on I.’s birthday on 25 January 2002, but after that his parents never saw him again. He once called them to tell them he was all right. 2.4 On 10 March 2002, the complainant’s wife saw that I. had been stopped by two men on his way to school. When his mother asked him who they were, he told her they had introduced themselves to him as Ahmed and Rishwan. On 14 March, the complainant’s wife again saw I. being stopped by the same men. When she asked I. about it, he told her that they had proposed that he join a military sport camp where he could play soccer and learn how to handle weapons. He would become a man and a fighter for Allah. They told him they would come back for his answer. When the complainant returned home from work, his wife told him about the events. The complainant was shocked and became concerned, because he had already lost A. to “those people”.6 2.5 On 19 March 2002, the complainant talked to both of his sons.7 He saw Ahmed and Rishwan, introduced himself to them as I.’s father and asked what they wanted from his son. They told him to mind his own business, at which point the complainant became angry and grabbed one of the men. One of them hit the complainant, who hit back once. The men then hit him repeatedly, and neighbours came to see what was happening. Ahmed and Rishwan fled and made a sign with their hand across their throat. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 2 It was not expressly stated in the complaint whether the initial facts in this section had taken place in Kazakhstan. In a follow-up correspondence dated 13 June 2014, counsel stated that the events had taken place in Almaty. The complainant does not provide further details on the alleged harassment, and does not specify which type of officer had been giving him problems. The complainant does not provide further details on this flag/towel. The details of this injury have not been provided. The complainant provides no further details. The complainant states that he does not know who had approached A., but I. was approached by two men who introduced themselves as Ahmed and Rishwan. The complainant does not expand further on his discussion with A. and I. GE.16-09780