MAHMOOD KHALID AND ANOTEHR V. TORTURE CLAIMS APPEAL BOARD
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Case Significance
Mahmood Khalid and Another v. Torture Claims Appeal Board [2024] HKCFI 1661 concerned an application for leave to seek judicial review of decisions by the Torture Claims Appeal Board rejecting non-refoulement claims brought by a Pakistani man and his daughter, the man citing fear of PML(N) supporters and death threats connected to his refusal to enter into a prearranged marriage with a cousin. The Court of First Instance found no error of law or procedural unfairness in the Board's assessment and refused leave for both applicants. Related proceedings continued in Mahmood Khalid and Another v. Torture Claims Appeal Board [2025] HKCA 204 and [2025] HKCA 350, and in Mahmood Khalid and Others v. Director of Immigration [2025] HKCFI 2284.
What did the court decide in Mahmood Khalid and Another v. Torture Claims Appeal Board ([2024] HKCFI 1661)?
In Mahmood Khalid and Another v. Torture Claims Appeal Board [2024] HKCFI 1661, the Court of First Instance found no error of law or procedural unfairness in the Board's rejection of non-refoulement claims and refused leave for judicial review to both applicants.
What non-refoulement claim was at issue in Mahmood Khalid and Another v. Torture Claims Appeal Board ([2024] HKCFI 1661)?
The applicants, a Pakistani man and his daughter, feared PML(N) supporters and death threats arising from his failure to marry a cousin under a prearranged marriage, as considered in Mahmood Khalid and Another v. Torture Claims Appeal Board [2024] HKCFI 1661.
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