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5.3
As to the complainant’s allegation that he would risk torture at the hands of
government forces if returned, the Committee notes that the information submitted by
the complainant in substantiation of this claim remains general and vague, and does
not in any way reveal the existence of a personal and foreseeable risk of torture to
which he might be subjected in the event of his return to Ecuador. The information
provided to the Committee by the complainant is at odds with his own account of the
facts to the Swedish immigration authorities. He has not provided reliable information
that he was tortured in the past nor that he had had any problem with the police or had
attracted any interest from the military or the police while he continued to live in
Ecuador, even after the events at Cononaco camp. The Committee accordingly
considers that the threshold of admissibility has not been met in the complainant’s
case, and concludes that the complaint, as formulated, does not give rise to any
arguable claim under the Convention.
5.4
The Committee finds, in accordance with article 22 of the Convention and rule
107(b) of its revised Rules of Procedure, that the complaint is manifestly unfounded.
Accordingly, the Committee decides that the complaint is inadmissible.
6.
The Committee decides:
a) that the complaint is inadmissible; and
b) that this decision will be transmitted to the author and, for information, to
the State party.
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[Adopted in English, French, Spanish and Russian, the English text being the original
version. Subsequently to be issued in Arabic and Chinese as part of the Committee’s
annual report to the General Assembly.]