complainant explained to the president of the court by describing what had happened before the military examining magistrate. 28 August 1992 Sentenced to six years’ nonsuspended imprisonment and five years’ administrative supervision. 9.7 Concerning the allegations relating to his confession, the complainant maintains that his confession was extracted under torture, and, citing the reports of CNLT, states that such methods are used in political trials and sometimes in trials involving offences under ordinary law. Concerning the testimony of the prosecution witness Mohamed Ben Ali Ben Romdhane, his fellow prisoner, the complainant states that he does not know this person, and that he was not among the 297 persons who were tried in Bouchoucha court, and calls on the State party to produce the transcript of the testimony provided by this person, together with the court file, to make it possible to check whether the court took its decision on the basis of a confession obtained as a result of torture. According to the complainant, the reference to this witness is pure invention on the part of the torturers. Secondly, the complainant points out that, even if a prosecution witness had appeared, the accused should have had an opportunity to challenge his testimony or to confront him, which did not happen. 15 September 1992 Transferred to Borj Erroumi prison in Bizerte, where he was held until 4 July 1993. 4 July 1993 Transferred to Mahdia prison (200 kilometres from his home), where he was held until 19 September 1993. 19 September 1993 Transferred to Sousse prison (160 kilometres from his home), where he was held until 4 April 1994. 4 April 1994 Transferred to Mahdia prison, where he was held until the end of December 1994. End of December 1994 Transferred to 9 April prison in Tunis; interrogated and tortured at the Interior Ministry for four consecutive days. End of December 1995 Transferred to Mahdia prison; hunger strike from the middle to the end of February 1996 to support a demand for better prison conditions. End of February 1996 Transferred to El Houerib prison in Kairouan (250 kilometres from his home) following his hunger strike. 9.8 Concerning the conditions in which he was held, and concerning visits, the complainant considers that the State party has once again confined itself to brief and general observations in response to his plentiful, specific and substantiated evidence. He explains that he was transferred for purposes of punishment, and not for any matter related to cases pending before the courts, and in that connection provides the following chronology: 20 March 1996 Transfer to Sousse prison; three weeks’ hunger strike in January 1997 to support a demand for better prison conditions. 7 February 1997 Transferred to Rejim Maatoug prison (600 kilometres from his home, in the middle of the desert). 6 April 1991 Arrested and held in the basement of the Interior Ministry; 13 May 1991, transferred to Mornag prison incommunicado. 27 February 1997 Transfer to Sousse prison. 27 May 1997 Released, placed under administrative supervision for five years and house arrest at Nekrif-Remada (630 kilometres from his family home). 4 June 1991 Handed over to the political police to sign the transcript of the interrogation, without being informed of its content; handed over to the military examining magistrate, then at 11 p.m. transferred to the 9 April prison in Tunis, where he was held until the end of November 1991 (including two months in solitary confinement). 1 October 1997 Fled Tunisia. 9.9 The complainant explains that each time he was transferred, his family was obliged to spend two or three months ascertaining his new place of detention, since the prison administration provided such information only very sparingly. According to the complainant, the purpose of these transfers was to deprive him of the psychological and moral support of his family, and thus to punish him. He points out that the prison entry and exit logs can confirm his claims. He explains that denial of visits constituted a form of revenge against him each time he sought to exercise a right and took action to that end, for example in the form of a hunger strike. In addition, the complainant’s family found it difficult to exercise the right to visit him because of the many transfers, the remoteness of the places of detention 1 December 1991 Transferred to Borj Erroumi prison in Bizerte (70 kilometres from his family home). 4 July 1992 Transferred to the 9 April prison in Tunis, where he was held until 15 September 1992; this period corresponded to that of the court hearings. 117