Advance unedited version CCPR/C/133/D/2458/2014 according to the author, had thorough knowledge of his Christian life and could prove his sur place claim based on his conversion, the State party observes that it is the responsibility of the Board to ensure that all facts have been brought out before a decision is made. The Board has the possibility to examine witnesses. In the present case, the Board found, however, that all facts of the case had been brought out as, in addition to the statement given by the author himself and to his counsel’s brief, the Board had also received a letter from pastor Per Bohlbro, dated 7 March 2014, and a written statement also from Per Bohlbro, dated 10 July 2014, both of which had been appended to the counsel’s brief of 11 July 2014 on the author’s participation in Christian activities. Accordingly, it was found that all facts of the case had been brought out as far as this issue was concerned. 4.14 As regards the author’s observation that the refusal by the Board to hear the IMS, the author’s alleged former employer, supports the claim of violation of articles 2 and 26, the State party observes that the author has stated that he was employed by the IMS and that he was offered a job with Combined Team Uruzgan (CTU), which he exercised for 18 months. Against that background, the Danish Immigration Service requested the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to seek specific information about the author’s employment with the CTU as an interpreter for the Australian Forces at Camp Holland, as the author had stated that he had worked for this firm and the Australian forces, which had allegedly signed the two letters of recommendation. As appears from the letter from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs dated 10 February 2014, the CTU and the Australian military forces could not confirm the author’s employment, and they were confident that the letters of recommendation provided by the author were fraudulent. The author did not appear on the CTU ‘roll book’ for that period, the persons who had signed the letters of recommendation had advised that they had not provided the letters and had never met the author, and the dates listed in the letters did not align with the deployment dates of the named force element groups. 22 Furthermore, there was a spelling mistake in the ID card produced by the author as the name of the camp was indicated to be ‘Camp Holand’. Accordingly, the Board found that there was no basis for adjourning the proceedings pending a statement from the IMS on the author’s employment. Against this background, the State party submits that articles 2 and 26 of the Covenant were not violated in connection with the consideration of the author’s asylum case by the Danish authorities. Author’s comments on the State party’s observations 5.1 On 19 November 2018, the author’s counsel submitted that, since no interim measures were granted, the author was deported by the Danish authorities to Afghanistan in February 2017. 5.2 Nonetheless, the author has submitted that, after a dangerous time in Afghanistan as a devoted Christian, he was able to flee again. The counsel has been able to establish contact with the author and has learned that the author was registered as a refugee in Turkey. Although the author has enjoyed some form of protection, he fears expulsion from Turkey to his country of origin. Consequently, the author still requests the Committee to assess this case with regard to his deportation from Denmark to Afghanistan, whether this was a violation of the Covenant. 5.3 A reference is made to the Committee’s decision in Khazem Hossini v. Denmark,23 whose author was allowed to stay in Denmark due to interim measures request. In that case, the author’s asylum procedure was reopened on 8 November 2018, and the Board decided to grant Mr. Hossini asylum in Denmark because he was in need of protection due to his conversion to Christianity. In view of the counsel, the two cases bear some similarities. 5.4 Firstly, both men were fleeing from their countries of origin, they were baptized as Christians during their stay in Denmark, and they were open about their new faith and were devoted Christians. The author of the present case served in Afghanistan as a translator for the foreign military (Australia), and as a translator in the Danish Church for a great number of Christians. Consequently, he has been a known person amongst the Afghan diaspora in Denmark. Furthermore, he expressed his faith publicly on the internet (Facebook), which is 22 23 The letter from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of 10 February 2014 is appended (annex 3). Communication no. 2423/2014 (CCPR/C/123/D/2423/2014), paras. 8.6 and 8.7. 7