blogging and writing and to be cooperative with the authorities. The Victim and other bloggers stopped writing after that incident. 7. The Complainant submits that the phone of the Victim was tapped for at least eleven (11) months from May 2013 and April 2014. The Victim saw transcripts of his phone conversations presented as documentary evidence during his trial in Court with respect to the charges referred to in paragraph 14 hereof. 8. The Complainant submits that the Victim and other "Zone 9" bloggers were arrested on 25 April 2014, three days after they have announced that they were about to resume writing on their blog. The Victim was arrested by the agents of the National Intelligence and Security Service. They detained him at his office until dusk, where they showed him a piece of paper which they introduced as a warrant of arrest, although they did not allow him to read it. 9. The Complainant submits that the Victim was later taken to his house at dusk, and the said agents searched his house without a search warrant. They seized a number of properties of the Victim, such as books, copies of newspapers, music CDs, his personal computer and other properties. After the search and seizure, he was driven by 4 agents to Addis Ababa while being mocked and insulted on the way. 10. The Complainant submits that when the Victim and the said 4 agents arrived in Addis Ababa, he was blindfolded and forced to lie on the floor of the car. The Victim was taken to the Federal Police Crime Investigation Centre, also known as Ma' ekelawi prison. 11. The Complainant submits that the Victim was held incommunicado and subjected to torture or other forms of cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment or punishment from 25 April 2014 to 11 July 2014, for a total of 85 days. The Victim was subjected to physical pain during regular interrogations and he was kept in a cold, over-crowded and completely dark cell. 12. The Complainant submits that the interrogators wanted to solicit information from him such as access codes to his social media accounts, email and electronics accounts or about different facts associated with the work, travel, and communications of the "Zone 9" bloggers. His interrogators also wanted to extract confessions from him and forced him to sign a number of confessions on several occasions. He was also forced to do law school assignments for one of his interrogators. They inflicted greater ill-treatment whenever he refused to comply with their commands.