8 Jan 2025
MD MOHAMMAD RIAZ alias BASHIR AHMED alias CHAUDHRY MUBSHAR AHMED alias RIAZ MUHAMMAD alias AHMAD NABEEL v. TORTURE CLAIMS APPEAL BOARD / NON-REFOULEMENT CLAIMS PETITION OFFICE
- Citation
- [2025] HKCA 45
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACV163/2023
Leave to appeal was refused because the applicant failed to show reasonable prospects of success on the intended grounds: a medical examination conducted under the Istanbul Protocol would not likely have produced evidence material to the central factual issue (whether the applicant was or was perceived to be an Ahmadi/convert), the Board had considered existing medical evidence demonstrating fitness to participate in proceedings, and there is no legal obligation to order the further medico-legal examination sought; accordingly the questions posed are not fit for submission to the Court of Fin…