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detention.5 The Committee also takes into account the revised letter from LIPRODHOR (para.
5.8), the authenticity of which has not been contested by the State party, which attests to the
first named complainant’s arrest along with her brother by the Directory of Military
Intelligence.
7.7 As to the general situation in Rwanda, the Committee considers that information
provided by the complainants demonstrates that ethnic tensions continue to exist, thus
increasing the likelihood that the first named complainant may be subjected to torture on
return to Rwanda. For the above reasons, the Committee considers that substantial grounds
exist for believing that the complainants would be in danger of being subjected to torture if
returned to Rwanda.
8.
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 removal of the complainants to Rwanda would amount to a breach of article 3 of the
Convention.
9.
The Committee urges the State party, in accordance with rule 112, paragraph 5, of its
rules of procedure, to inform it, within 90 days from the date of the transmittal of this
decision, of the steps taken in response to the decision expressed above.
[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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Alan v. Switzerland, Case no. 21/1995, Decision adopted on 8 May 1996, Tala v. Sweden,
Case no. 43/1996, Decision adopted 15 November 1996, Kisoki v. Sweden, Case no. 41/1996,
Decision adopted on 8 May 1996.