A man who claims he was tortured by State police in Togo for protesting against corruption in his own political party is challenging a deportation order.
His lawyers have told the High Court the Minister for Justice has failed to give any compelling reasons for refusing him permission to stay in Ireland.
The man in question claims he was tortured by State police for 20 days after protesting against corruption in the Togolese election in October 2007.
The corruption he claims to have witnessed was by 2 members of the ruling party of which he was a member for 7 years.
He came to Ireland in 2007 but his applications for asylum and protection from the Justice Minister have been rejected because they say his story is not credible.
But his lawyers say the reasons given by the Refugee Appeals Tribunal against his credibility are weak particularly in circumstances where the physician who examined him says his scars are consistent with inhuman treatment by State police.
Mr. Justice Barry White has put a temporary stay on his deportation ahead of a court challenge.
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