Convention and recommended that the State party informs it within 90 days of the steps taken in response to its observations. In a letter dated 15 April 2002, the State party challenged the decision and the facts as interpreted in the Committee’s decision. 271. Thabti v. Tunisia, case No. 187/2001, Abdelli v. Tunisia, case No. 188/2001, Ltaief v. Tunisia, case No. 189/2001, decisions adopted on 14 November 2003. The cases concerned the torture allegedly inflicted on the complainants. The Committee found violations of articles 12 and 13 of the Convention and recommended that the State party conduct an investigation into the allegations and inform it within 90 days of the steps taken. 272. In its response dated 26 March 2004, the State party challenged the Committee’s decision and reiterated the arguments presented during the examination of the complaint. It alleged that the complaint was an abuse of process, that the authors failed to exhaust domestic remedies and that the motives of the NGO representing the authors were not bona fide. Furthermore, the State party requested that the Committee “reconsider” the complaint. 97