AA. Communication Wo. 457/1991, A.I.E. v. the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (decision of 7 November 1991. adopted at the forty-third session^ Submitted by: A.I.E. (name deleted) Alleged victim; The author State party: Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Pate of communication: 18 February 1991 The Human Rights Committee, established under article 28 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Eights, Meeting on 1 November 1991, Adopts the following: Decision on admissibility 1. The author of the communication is A.I.E., an Eyptian citizen born in 1949 in Menofia, Egypt/ currently residing in Marseille, France. He claims to be a victim of violations by the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya of his rights under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Sights, without, however, specifying which provisions of the Covenant he considers to have been violated. The Optional Protocol entered into force for the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya on 16 August 1989. Facts as submitted by the author 2.1 On 17 April 1989, the author was arrested and detained by the Libyan authorities, on suspicion of having collaborated with the French and Egyptian secret services. He was tried before a military court and imprisoned. During captivity he claims to have been tortured and ill-treated. On 15 June 1989, he was brought to the airport and made to board a plane bound for Orly, France. He is currently under constant medical care, which is said to have become necessary because of the trauma suffered by the torture inflicted on him in Libyan Arab Jamahiriya. The French "Commission Technique d'Orientation et de Reclassement Professionnel" and several medical certificates confirm that the author has become incapacited and that he suffers from "affective disorder". His disability is evaluated at SO per cent. 2.2 The author states that he is in no position to exhaust Libyan remedies given that, upon his release from prison, he was directly brought to the airport and expelled to France, and therefore had no opportunity to avail himself of any Libyan remedies. In France, he adds, he is unable to resort to such remedies. Complaint 3. Although the author does not invoke any of the provisions of the Covenant, it transpires from his submissions that he claims to be a victim of -430-