CAT/C/48/D/391/2009 of the room, threw out her identity document and threatened to “have a lot of contact” with her in the future. The second complainant was terrified and left Egypt with her younger sister to their parents in Oman. She then stayed in her parents’ home until the family went to Sweden. Case of Ah.M.A.M.A. (the third complainant) 2.10 The second child of the family, Ah.M.A.M.A., was born in Cairo and came to Saudi Arabia with his mother in 1988. Over the years, he attended school in Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Oman. The third complainant returned to Egypt in 2004 to start university, as he was unable to attend a university in Oman. Upon his arrival, he was stopped at passport control at the airport, questioned about his father’s activities and whereabouts, and some private belongings were taken away from his luggage. The border police requested that he report to the police whenever he changed his address. The third complainant arrived at the airport in the morning and was not released until the evening. When he was released, the border police allegedly told him to inform his father that the police would now be seeing the third complainant frequently. After about two months, the third complainant got his own flat and reported his new address to the police, as requested. After some days, he was summoned to the police. There he was tied up, had a bag put over his head and was taken to a different location. After a day and a half, they started questioning him about his father. Those who questioned him, shouted sexual words, insulted and humiliated him. After being questioned for a few hours, he was released on the street where he lived. 2.11 In the first year of his studies, the third complainant was arrested for questioning five or six times. On some of these occasions he was held in a dark dungeon for two days and then released without being questioned. After his first academic year, the third complainant went back to his family in Oman for summer holidays. Shortly after his return to Egypt, he was summoned for an interview. Subsequently, the third complainant was detained for a week and questioned about his father all the time. Among other things, the third complainant was asked if he had not heard about the security police. While in detention, he was subjected to physical and mental torture, including rape. Once released, the third complainant was instructed not to tell anyone about what had happened. After between four and five days, he was picked up again, subjected to repeated rape and torture, and released again after between four and five days. In April 2006, the third complainant tried to finish his final exam but due to severe post-traumatic stress, he had to give up. He wanted to leave but could not do so, since he was not given a travel permit. 2.12 At some point, the third complainant contacted a relative, who was a lawyer. The third complainant was told that he must have a medical certificate and he, therefore, visited a public hospital approximately a month after the last rape took place. The doctor said that it was possible to establish rape but that too much time had passed to be able to identify the perpetrator, since the time limit for using sperm for identification was two weeks. The hospital could only start an investigation at the order of the police, which meant that the third complainant would have to report the incident to the police first. Out of fear of the police, he did not dare to report it. Instead, he visited a private hospital that was willing to conduct the investigation. The third complainant was then advised by a lawyer to close the investigation, as it would be too dangerous for him to continue. He followed this advice and visited a psychologist whom he then saw regularly. Meanwhile, the police continued to pick him up once a week and held him for two–three hours each time. They asked the same questions as before. He was not raped but he was assaulted, insulted and humiliated. The third complainant managed to obtain a travel permit by paying a bribe and travelled from Egypt to Oman on 13 May 2006. He was unable to tell his family about the torture to which he had been subjected in Egypt. 5