CCPR/C/116/D/2422/2014 that he had been able to locate his mother in Azerbaijan using the address provided in the letter she had sent him at the orphanage; that he had spent two years living indoors in his mother’s house; that H and A had been able to procure a military truck after crossing the border to Azerbaijan; and that the author had been able to cross a bridge to Azerbaijan after fleeing the army without encountering any guards. However, the Committee considers that, while the author disagrees with the Board’s conclusions on these issues, he has not shown that the conclusions were manifestly unreasonable or arbitrary in nature on the ground that inadequate consideration was given to the claims of the author in the domestic proceedings. Moreover, concerning the author’s claim that he suffered harassment, and physical and verbal abuse, in the army on account of his partial Azerbaijani descent, the Committee observes that the author has not responded to the State party’s observations concerning the material contradictions in his testimony before the domestic authorities regarding the alleged attempted rape of his brother by army officers, 21 or concerning the fact that, during his interview with the Danish Immigration Service, he did not raise his claim regarding the competitions during which he and his brother were physically and verbally abused by military officers on account of their ethnicity. 22 Accordingly, the Committee cannot conclude from the information before it that there are substantial grounds for believing that the author will face a real risk of irreparable harm, such as that contemplated by articles 6 and 7 of the Covenant, if returned to Armenia. 7.4 For the foregoing reasons, the Committee cannot conclude that the State party would violate article 7 of the Covenant if it removed the author to Armenia. 8. The Committee, acting under article 5 (4) of the Optional Protocol, is of the view that the author’s removal to Armenia would not violate his rights under article 7 of the Covenant. 21 22 12 See para. 4.5 above. See para. 4.4 above.