CCPR/C/125/D/2373/2014 responsible for violations of the author’s rights under article 18 that may be committed by another State party outside the territory and jurisdiction of Denmark. Author’s additional information and comments on the State party’s observations 5.1 On 30 July 2015, the author informed the Committee that his deportation was scheduled for 2 August 2015. On 3 August 2015, the author’s counsel submitted that the author had been deported to Kabul on 2 August 2015. The counsel reiterated the request for interim measures, as there might be ways of bringing him back through private channels. 5.2 On 2 October 2015, the author submitted comments on the State party’s observations, claiming that the communication should be declared admissible, that articles 6, 7 and 18 of the Covenant had been violated by the State party’s decision to return the author to Afghanistan, and that the Committee’s decision pursuant to rule 92 of its rules of procedure, on interim measures, should be reconsidered because the author was now in imminent danger in Afghanistan. 5.3 Although the author finds the accounts by the Immigration Service to be generally correct, the decision by the Immigration Service in regard to his age has been disputed by the author, who maintains that he was born on 1 January 1996. 5.4 Since the submission of the initial communication, the following events took place: On 9 July 2015, the author was arrested on his way to a church summer camp and was detained for deportation. His counsel was advised that his deportation was planned for 10 August 2015. On 30 July 2015, the author’s counsel wrote an email to the Committee asking for urgent reconsideration of its decision not to issue a request for interim measures, attaching a deportation order from the police, who had apparently brought forward the deportation so that it would take place on Sunday, 2 August 2015. On 2 August 2015, one of the author’s Christian friends who was also a Red Cross volunteer, together with the counsel, visited the author for the last time in the Ellebæk deportation centre; he was given consolation and the Christian sacrament. On 12 August 2015, Red Cross volunteer Jens Kennet and priest Susanne Krog wrote an admonition on the matter to the Danish asylum authorities, which is attached to the author’s comments of 2 October 2015 (annex 5). On 1 October 2015, the author’s main priest, Susanne Krog, wrote an update to her letter of attestation of 25 July 2015 (annex 6). Those descriptions, together with the description from the priest Helle Frimann Hansen (annex 3), give clear evidence of the author’s conversion to Christianity. The priests Jens Kennet and Susanne Krog have had little contact with the author since his removal to Kabul. 5.5 Concerning statements made by the author during the asylum proceedings, the counsel refers to the parts of the Refugee Appeals Board’s decision that deal with the author’s interest in Christianity during and since his stay in Greece. 10 While the author’s statements to the asylum authorities have been duly recorded, the Board has not reflected on the statements as recorded in the counsel’s brief to the Board of 5 February 2014 (annex 2). The Board decision (p. 13) only mentions that such a brief was submitted. The author confirmed that his church activities in Greece were not motivated by a desire to obtain asylum. Since the church was the only place that helped with shelter and food, this gave him a favourable impression of Christianity. As he did not speak the language, he could not develop his interest in Christianity, which continued in Denmark. The author wished to learn more about Christianity during his stays at various asylum centres. After the interview with the Immigration Service, the author succeeded in making contact with the guardian of one of his friends, named Adam Johnson, who referred him to some Christian websites. 5.6 Requested to clarify what he meant by his rejection of Islam, the author stated that he abhorred the kind of Islam he had experienced in Afghanistan, which was an expression of coercion, and which did not spare children such as the author. Asked whether he would pray in the mosque following his removal, the author responded that he would not, regardless of whether he was granted asylum or not. The author continued: “They say that they are Muslims, but I detest their actions; they killed my father and they raped me.” The author added that after his family had fled to Pakistan, they had received information about 10 6 Decision of 11 February 2014, pp. 5–9.