CAT/C/54/D/544/2013 the complainant submitted a first asylum application to the Swiss Embassy in Ankara on 20 March 2003 (para. 2.4); that he was subsequently subjected to arrests, the last having been in December 2006; and that he finally managed to leave Turkey in April 2007. In the circumstances, the Committee does not view as remote the causal link between the persecution suffered and the request for protection submitted to the State party’s authorities by the complainant. 9.8 The Committee also considers that the fact that the co mplainant was arrested at regular intervals and has been subjected to constraints in the past, suggests that he has attracted the attention of the authorities. The Committee further notes that one of his brothers was granted asylum in Switzerland in 2002 – a situation likely to attract the attention and suspicions of the Turkish authorities in relation to the complainant. 9.9 In the light of all the circumstances, the Committee considers that the complainant has provided sufficient evidence to show that he runs a foreseeable, real and personal risk of being arrested again and subjected to torture were he to be returned to his country of origin. 10. The Committee, acting under article 22, paragraph 7, of the Convention, therefore considers that the State party’s decision to return the complainant to Turkey would constitute a breach of article 3 of the Convention. 11. Pursuant to rule 118, paragraph 5, of its rules of procedure, the Committee wishes to be informed, within 90 days, of whatever steps the State pa rty has taken in the light of the present observations. 12/12 GE. 15-11119

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