160. The last piece of evidence from the record of the habeas corpus proceedings is
the ruling of the High Court of Tanzania. As observed by the Respondent State, and
as it appears to the Commission from the ruling, the High Court of Tanzania was not
so concerned with where the Complainant had been deported to. Thus, the High
Court was content to simply state that there was before it prima facie evidence that he
had been deported to Djibouti, without ultimate definite finding that he had been
deported to Djibouti. Dealing with the applicants’ challenge of the signature on the
Departure Declaration Card, the High Court observed that the defects in the
documents produced by the Assistant Director of Immigration Services would only
fall for consideration if the Court were dealing with the legality of the Complainant’s
deportation. In this regard to the extent that it may suggest that the Complainant
was deported to Djibouti, the ruling of the High Court of Tanzania does not
constitute conclusive evidence of that allegation.
161. Having considered the entire record of the habeas corpus proceedings, the
Commission is not convinced that the record constitute reliable andconclusive
evidence that the Complainant was deported to Djibouti.
162. Secondly, the Complainant narrated his own experiences at the place of his
secret detention from which he draws the conclusion that he was in Djibouti. In this
connection he states that upon arrival he was driven for about twenty to thirty
minutes. On this point, the state produced a satellite map of Camp Lamonnier where
the Complainant believes he was detained. From the satellite map which was not
disputed by the Complainant, the Commission observed that Camp Lamonnier is
indeed located within the precincts of Ambouli International Airport and a drive
between the airstrip and anywhere at Camp Lamonnier cannot possibly last 20 – 30
minutes. Again the Commission has considerable difficulty to conclude from these
circumstances that the Complainant was indeed at Camp Lamonnier as he fervently
alleges.
163. Further, the Complainant states that during his interrogation at the secret
detention facility, there was an Arabic interpreter who looked Syrian or Lebanese,
and a third man who looked like from the Horn of Africa. Notably, the Complainant
hesitantly states that he (complainant) believes this third man told him that he was
Djiboutian. The Complainant goes further to state that the guards who kept watched
on him all the time looked like they were from the Horn of Africa and were dressed
in civilian clothing. He alleges that these guards told him that he was in Djibouti. He
also states that on the wall of the interrogation room he saw a picture of a man who
looked like from the horn of Africa with name “Ismail” written in English below the
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