A/HRC/31/57/Add.1 382. The Special Rapporteur thanks the Government of Norway for its replies dated 30/04/2014 and 18/05/2015, to the present communication. In the latter, the Government of Norway informed that the application for asylum by Mr Mohammad Anwar Baloch had been reconsidered by the Norwegian Immigration Appeals Board and that the Government of Norway granted him permanent residence. The Special Rapporteur welcomes this development and considers that the Government of Norway has complied with its obligation under international law, article 3 of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, acceded to by Norway on 9 July 1986. Oman JUA 16/12/2014 Case No. OMN 5/2014 State reply: 20/02/2015 Allegation concerning the arrest, enforced disappearance, and incommunicado detention of human rights defender Mr. Said Ali Said Jadad as an alleged act of reprisal for cooperation with the Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, during his country visit to Oman 383. The Special Rapporteur thanks the Government of Oman for its reply, dated 20 February 2015, to the present communication 384. The Rapporteur takes note of the information provided by the Government that Mr. Jadad had been arrested according to applicable Omani law and was, as of the date of the dispatch of the reply, still in detention and would be brought to Court. However, no information was given as to the nature of the charges brought against Mr. Jadad or his place of detention. The Rapporteur finds that the Government, in its reply, does not sufficiently address the concerns, legal obligations, and questions raised in the initial communication, which prompts him to infer that the Government fails to fully and expeditiously cooperate with the mandate issued by the Human Rights Council in its resolution 25/13. 385. In the absence of information to the contrary, the Rapporteur concludes that there is substance in the allegations presented in the initial communication, available via the link above, and is therefore of the view that the Government of Oman, by maintaining Mr. Jadad’s incommunicado detention, has failed to protect his physical and psychological integrity and violated his right to be free from torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment, as provided by articles 1 and 16 of the CAT. Pakistan (a) JAL 23/12/2014 Case No. PAK 15/2014 State Reply: None to date Allegation concerning the arbitrary detention, torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment of Messrs. A, B, C, and D by Faisalabad District police officers, as well as a systematic and ongoing pattern of torture and violence by police. 386. The Special Rapporteur regrets that the Government of Pakistan has not replied to the present communication, thereby failing to cooperate with the mandate issued by the Human Rights Council in its resolution 25/13. 387. In the absence of information to the contrary, the Rapporteur concludes that there is substance in the allegations presented in the initial communication, available via the link above, and thus, that the Government of Pakistan, has failed to protect the physical and psychological integrity of Messrs. A, B, C, and D. All four men were subjected to severe forms of torture and ill-treatment at the time of their arrest and during detention, and were forced to make confessions. The Rapporteur also finds that these cases are part of a pattern 67