A/HRC/7/3/Add.1 page 115 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 Government response

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