A/HRC/7/3/Add.1
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Para
83.
Country
Date
26/09/07
Type
JUA
Mandate
RINT; TOR
Allegations transmitted
advised Ms. Asha Begum to visit a doctor and to
lodge a complaint at Raninagar Police Station.
However, when she attempted to do so, the
responsible officers refused to register her case
and to have a medical examination conducted. On
the next day, when Ms. Asha Begum was taken to
Raninagar Police Station, the senior divisional
police officer from Domkal, ordered that she be
sent to the Beharampur District Hospital for a
medical examination. However, the BSF put
pressure on the medical officer who examined Ms.
Asha Begum, and who later declared that she was
not raped. No forensic laboratory examination was
conducted. On 9 June 2007, Ms. Asha Begum
and Ms. Champa Khatun had to appear before the
additional chief judicial magistrate in Lalbagh for
the hearing of the case against them under the
relevant provisions of the Foreigners Act of 1946.
The court issued an order to detain Ms. Asha
Begum and Ms. Champa Khatun in judicial
custody. On 21 June 2007, Ms. Asha Begum’s
court case commenced. During these
proceedings, her lawyer informed the Court that
she was raped while in detention.
Sabir Ali, Iqbal Shahi, Ms. Anisa Abdul Jabbar,
Muhammad Allauddin Syed, Ms. Zill Gohar,
Asad Gohar, Muhammad Ashfaque, Ms.
Shaista Gohar, Ayoub Gohar, Muhammad
Irshad, Muhammad Sajjad Babar, Ms. Shabana
Gohar, Zaheer-ud-din Bukhari, Muhammad
Faheem Jaffar, Ms. Rozina Faheem, Farooq
Azam, Muhammad Khalid, Sarfaraz Hussain,
Muhammad Fiaz, Muhammad Furqan Uddin
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