CAT/C/34/D/226/2003 Page 5 2.5 As evidence of her political activities, the complainant submitted to the Migration Board a receipt for the payment of the membership fee for the party and a certificate from the Jatiya Party, which stated that she joined the party in 1994, and was elected Joint Secretary in January 1996. She also submitted a medical report from a hospital in Bangladesh, dated 17 August 2000, which confirmed that she was physically assaulted and raped. The report stated that there were several cigarette burns over her right thigh and hand, bruises over her wrist, a small incised wound on her right finger, a bluish mark over the back, and bleeding through her vagina and over the vulva. She also submitted a medical certificate, issued by a psychologist on 22 May 2001, which stated that her mental condition had worsened, that she had insomnia, nausea, vomiting, cold sweat, difficulties in concentrating and talking, feebleness, and strong memories of the rape. Another certificate, issued by a Swedish psychologist on 7 September 2001, showed that she had developed a post-traumatic stress disorder syndrome accompanied by nightmares, flashbacks and severe corporal symptoms. The same certificate stated that her daughter suffered from constipation, lacked appetite, and had difficulties to sleep. The child suffered from a special trauma as a consequence of being waiting for a decision about grant of residence permits. 2.6 The complainant points out that the Migration Board did not dispute that she had been tortured and raped. However, the Board concluded that these acts could not be considered to be attributable to the State of Bangladesh but had to be regarded as the result of the actions of individual policemen. The Board also stated that the Jatiya Party was in alliance with the Bangladesh National Party (hereinafter referred to as BNP), currently in government. 2.7 Before the Aliens Appeals Board, the complainant contested the findings of the Migration Board. She denied that the Ershad fraction of the Jatiya Party was allied to the BNP, and pointed out that, at the time of the appeal, the leader of her faction, Mr. Ershad, had left Bangladesh. Regarding the acts of torture and rape, she alleged that the police was part of the State of Bangladesh, that it was futile to complain against the police because the institution never investigated such complaints, and that the situation of the victim usually worsened if he or she decided to complain. She invoked reports of the U.S Department of State and Amnesty International according