him, which did not happen. 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: 6 April 1991 Arrested and held in the basement of the Interior Ministry; 13 May 1991, transferred to Mornag prison incommunicado. Handed over to the political police to sign the transcript of the interrogation, without being informed of its content; 4 June 1991 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 December Transferred to Borj Erroumi prison in Bizerte (70 kilometres from his family home). 1991 Transferred to the 9 April prison in Tunis, where he was held until 15 September 1992; this period corresponded to 4 July 1992 that of the court hearings. 28 August Sentenced to six years’ non-suspended imprisonment and five years’ administrative supervision. 1992 15 September Transferred to Borj Erroumi prison in Bizerte, where he was held until 4 July 1993. 1992 4 July 1993 Transferred to Mahdia prison (200 kilometres from his home), where he was held until 19 September 1993. 19 September Transferred to Sousse prison (160 kilometres from his home), where he was held until 4 April 1994. 1993 4 April Transferred to Mahdia prison, where he was held until the end of December 1994. 1994 End of December Transferred to 9 April prison in Tunis; interrogated and tortured at the Interior Ministry for four consecutive days. 1994 End Transferred to Mahdia prison; hunger strike from the middle to the end of February 1996 to support a demand for ofDecember better prison conditions. 1995 End of February Transferred to El Houerib prison in Kairouan (250 kilometres from his home) following his hunger strike. 1996 20 March Transfer to Sousse prison; three weeks’ hunger strike in January 1997 to support a demand for better prison 1996 conditions. 7 February Transferred to Rejim Maatoug prison (600 kilometres from his home, in the middle of the desert). 1997 27 February Transfer to Sousse prison. 1997 27 May Released, placed under administrative supervision for five years and house arrest at Nekrif-Remada (630 kilometres 1997 from his family home). 1 October Fled Tunisia. 1997 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 and the conditions imposed on the visitors - the complainant’s wife was ill-treated to make her remove her scarf, and guards were permanently present between two sheets of wire mesh about one metre apart separating her from the complainant. 9.10 Concerning the allegations relating to the provision of care, the complainant repeats that he was denied the right to consult a doctor to diagnose the consequences of the torture he had suffered, and draws the Committee’s attention to the medical certificate contained in his file. Concerning the treatment cited by the State party, the complainant points out that the medical check was carried out three weeks after his hunger strike, that glasses were prescribed for him when he was in danger of going blind, and that they were supplied only after a delay of about two months. 9.11In relation to administrative supervision, the complainant considers that any punishment, including those provided for in the Tunisian Criminal Code, may be characterized as inhuman and degrading if the goal pursued is neither the “rehabilitation of the offender” nor his reconciliation with his social environment. He explains that he was forced to undergo administrative supervision 650 kilometres from his family home, in other words placed under house arrest, which was not stipulated in his sentence. He adds that each time he reported to the police station to sign the supervision log, he was ill-treated, sometimes beaten and humiliated by the