June 1993, and that under the current legislation Mr. Singer has the right, albeit under specified conditions and with two exceptions, to display commercial advertisements outside his store in English. The Committee observes that it has not been called upon to consider whether the Charter of the French Language in its current version is compatible with the provisions of the Covenant. In the circumstances, it concludes that the State party has provided Mr. Singer with an effective remedy. 13. The Human Rights Committee, acting under article 5, paragraph 4, of the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, is of the view that the facts before it reveal a violation of article 19, paragraph 2, of the Covenant. 14. The Committee notes that the contested provisions of the Quebec Charter of the French Language were amended by Bill No. 86 in Communication No. 456/1991 Submitted by: Ismet Celepli (represented by counsel) on 17 February 1991 Alleged victim: The author State party: Sweden Declared admissible: 19 March 1993 (forty-seventh session) Date of adoption of Views: 18 July 1994 (fifty-first session) authorities prescribed limitations and conditions concerning the Kurds' place of residence. Subject matter: Alien subjected to regime of residence restrictions instead of execution of expulsion order 2.2 Under these restrictions, the author was confined to his home municipality (Västerhaninge, a town of 10,000 inhabitants 25 kilometres south of Stockholm) and had to report to the police three times a week; he could not leave or change his town of residence nor change employment without prior permission from the police. Procedural issues: Lack of substantiation of claim – Inadmissibility ratione materiae Substantive issues: Freedom of movement – Restrictions on freedom of movement based on considerations of national security Articles of the Covenant: 7, 9, 12, 13 and 17 2.3 Under Swedish law, there exists no right to appeal against a decision to expel a suspected terrorist or to impose restrictions on his freedom of movement. The restrictions of the author's freedom of movement were alleviated in August 1989 and the obligation to report to the police was reduced to once a week. On 5 September 1991, the expulsion order was revoked; the restrictions on his liberty of movement and the reporting obligations were abolished. Articles of the Optional Protocol: 2 and 3 1. The author of the communication (dated 17 February 1991) is Ismet Celepli, a Turkish citizen of Kurdish origin living in Sweden. He claims to be the victim of violations of his human rights by Sweden. He is represented by counsel. The facts as submitted by the author 2.1 In 1975, the author arrived in Sweden, fleeing political persecution in Turkey; he obtained permission to stay in Sweden but was not granted refugee status. Following the murder of a former member of the Workers' Party of Kurdistan in June 1984 at Uppsala, suspicions of the author's involvement in terrorist activities arose. On 18 September 1984, the author was arrested and taken into custody under the Aliens Act; he was not charged with any offence. On 10 December 1984, an expulsion order against him and eight other Kurds was issued pursuant to sections 30 and 47 of the Swedish Aliens Act. The expulsion order was not, however, enforced, as it was believed that the Kurds could be exposed to political persecution in Turkey in the event of their return. Instead, the Swedish The complaint 3.1 It is submitted that the Government reached its decision to expel the author after an inquiry by the Municipal Court of Stockholm, which allegedly obtained its information mainly from the Swedish security police. The author claims that the hearing before the Court, which took place in camera, was more like an interrogation than an investigation. A request for information about the basis of the suspicions against the nine Kurds was refused on grounds of national security. The author, who states that he was never involved in terrorist activities, claims that he was subjected to a regime of residence restrictions, although the grounds for this measure were not disclosed to him, and although he 83