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Thecomplaint: n  3.1Thecomplainantclaimsthat,uponbeingreturnedtoTogo,hewouldbearrestedandsubjected @ totortureforhavingsoughtasyluminanothercountry,aswellasforhaving"humiliatedthe )y governmentinbroaddaylight"duringthesoccermatch. b 3.2ThecomplainantrequeststheCommitteetoorderinterimmeasuresofprotection,tosuspend 4 theexecutionofthedeportationorderissuedbytheSwissauthorities.  IssuesandproceedingsbeforetheCommittee  4.1Beforeconsideringanyclaimscontainedinacomplaint,theCommitteeagainstTorturemust q decidewhetherornotitisadmissibleunderarticle22oftheConvention. Z 4.2TheCommitteenotesthattheinformationsubmittedbythecomplainantinsubstantiationofhis ,| claimisgeneralandvagueanddoesnotrevealtheexistenceofanypersonalandforeseeablerisk e oftorturetowhichthecomplainantmightbesubjectedintheeventofhisreturninTogo.Thebare N assertionofmembershipinapoliticalparty,intheinstantcasethe_UFC_,andthevagueallegation  7 thathewasshotatwhileattemptingtoescape,donotsatisfytheCommitteethatthethresholdof !   admissibilityhasbeenmetinthecomplainant'scase.Inthecircumstances,theCommitteeobserves " ! thatthecomplaint,asformulated,doesnotgiverisetoanyarguableclaimundertheConvention. #" 4.3Accordingly,theCommitteefinds,inaccordancewitharticle22oftheConventionandrule t% $ 107(b)ofitsrevisedRulesofProcedure,thatthecomplaintismanifestlyunfoundedandthus ]&!% inadmissible. F'"& 5.Accordingly,theCommitteedecides: )h$( 1.thatthecomplaintisinadmissible;and *:&* b)thatthisdecisionwillbetransmittedtotheauthorand,forinformation,totheStateparty. , (,  -(- Ѐ[AdoptedinEnglish,French,SpanishandRussian,theEnglishtextbeingtheoriginalversion.  SubsequentlytobeissuedinArabicandChineseaspartoftheCommittee'sannualreporttothe  GeneralAssembly.] k *MadepublicbydecisionoftheCommitteeAgainstTorture. =  3