Advance unedited version CAT/C/60/D/701/2015 complainant and told him that they were keeping an eye on him. Around a month later, the complainant left Pakistan transiting through Indonesia. There he registered with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. On 1 May 2012, he arrived on Christmas Island by boat. On 20 August 2012, he applied for a protection visa. 2.5 The complainant submits a history sheet and discharge notes, dated 18 February 2012, from a hospital in Quetta. It is noted on the history sheet that when visiting the hospital the complainant had multiple bruises on his back and upper arms due to having been assaulted by unknown persons and that he was severely depressed and agitated. The complainant was discharged from the hospital on the same day. He notes that during the hospital visit he told the doctor that he had been beaten by unknown persons as he was afraid to tell the doctor that he had been detained and beaten by the authorities. He also submits a medical note from a psychiatrist at a medical centre in Australia, dated 24 June 2015 in which it is noted that he has been diagnosed with depression and suffers from anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms. He further submits a letter from a mental health professional, dated 8 March 2013 according to which he has been diagnosed with depression. 2.6 On 9 October 2012, the Department of Immigration and Citizenship rejected the author’s application for a protection visa. Relying on country information 2 the Department accepted the complainant’s claim that he had been abducted from his friend’s workshop by government authorities, as it was found to be plausible that the authorities would have been suspicious of S.A, given the latter’s alleged involvement in activities advocating for a free Balochistan. Referring to country reports3 the Department further accepted that the complainant had been arbitrarily detained and that he was beaten by the authorities during this detention. The Department however did not accept that the complainant would have been detained for ten days, given that he did not have a personal profile which would have been of interest to the authorities and given that he was not able to provide the authorities with any information about S.A. The Department found that the complainant’s association with persons of Baloch ethnicity would not have given him a profile which would have warranted attention from the authorities given that Balochistan is ethnically diverse. The Department found that the fact that the complainant and two of the other persons detained at the same time as him were released, while S.A was not, demonstrates that the authorities had no interest in the complainant and his other friends but were targeting S.A. For the same reasons the Department did not accept the complainant’s claim that he had been asked to spy on behalf of the authorities or that he had been contacted by them again after his release. The Department also noted the complainant’s statement that he had spent a further 35 days in Pakistan before leaving the country without being contacted by the authorities, which the Department found to be further indication of him being of little interest to the authorities. The Department therefore found that there were no substantial grounds for 2 3 In the decision of the Department of Immigration and Citizenship reference is made to country information in ‘Pakistan: State of the world’s minorities and Indigenous Peoples 2012 – Pakistan, Minority Rights Group International, 28 June 2012’ and ‘Pakistan: Country of Origin Information Report, UK Home Office, UK Border Agency, 7 June 2012’ and it is noted that a conflict exists between persons of Balochi ethnicity and the Government of Pakistan. It is further noted that state actors reportedly play a central role in the violence, targeting ethnic Balochis suspected or engaging in nationalist activities, including the abduction of ethnic Balochis in broad daylight and in public areas. It is also noted in the decision that the victims are often men in their mid-20s to mid-40s, suspected of alleged participation in Baloch nationalist parties and movements, who are often taken away from shops and places of work. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices – Pakistan, United States Department of State, 24 May 2012. 3