CCPR/C/112/D/1965/2010 period of 15 days, renewable. The author followed the officer to the State Counsel Chamber. 2.5 On 17 September 2002, the author filed a complaint before the State ProsecutorGeneral of the South-Western Province, which was received on 19 September 2002, to which he annexed a picture of his damaged left eye. On 3 October 2002, he filed a further complaint with the State Prosecutor-General of the South-Western Province regarding the threats he received while in hospital after the incident of 29 August 2002.2 In November 2002, the State Prosecutor-General of the South-Western Province forwarded the author’s complaints to the Commissioner of Police, the Department for Public Security in Limbe and the Provincial Chief of Judicial Police “for thorough investigation”. On 3 October 2002, the author filed, from hospital, a further complaint with the State Prosecutor in Limbe. On 29 October 2002, the State Prosecutor in Limbe acknowledged receipt of the author’s complaint. 2.6 On 13 November 2003, the author sent a letter to the Government delegate, which was served on 20 November 2003, concerning the illegal retention of his property and his request for restitution. On 17 February 2004, the charges against the author for disturbance of a public office were withdrawn. Having waited for an investigation in vain, the author filed a complaint against the Government delegate before the President’s Office. On 1 March 2005, the Deputy Secretary-General of the President’s Office informed the author that his petition had been redirected to the Vice Prime Minister and the Minister of Justice for appropriate action. On 20 April 2005, the author also addressed a complaint to the Vice Prime Minister and the Minister of Justice. Having received no response despite follow-up actions, he filed a further complaint with the President on 10 August 2006, demanding compensation for permanent loss of his left eye vision. 3 No action has been initiated as a result, nor had he even received acknowledgement from the Presidency. On 25 March 2008, the author received a letter by the National Commission on Human Rights and Freedoms informing him that his complaint to the President has been transmitted to the Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Justice for appropriate action. 2.7 The author further notes that he stood trial further to the complaint filed by the Government delegate under section 185 of the Cameroon Penal Code (for disturbance of a public office). The Prosecution’s case failed during the hearing and the matter was withdrawn. None of the author’s own complaints was considered. The complaint 3.1 The author submits that his assault, beating, blows to his eyes and face were in violation of articles 6, 7 and 9, paragraph 1, of the Covenant. He further claims that the Government delegate’s threat against his treating medical doctor and the threats that he would be killed if he left the hospital were in violation of article 6 of the Covenant. 3.2 With regard to his arrest, detention and assault when he was buying medical drugs at a hospital, the author claims that he is a victim of a violation of article 9, paragraphs 1 and 2, of the Covenant. 3.3 The author further claims that no effective remedy was available to him in violation of article 2, paragraph 3 (a) and (b), of the Covenant. Furthermore, the absence of any prosecution and adjudication of the author’s complaints are in violation of articles 26 and 2, paragraph 1, read in conjunction with articles 6, 7 and 9, paragraph 1, of the Covenant. 2 3 4 The author annexes copies of the complaints. Attested by the various medical certificates submitted.