Pakistan: Further information on Fear of forcible return/Fear for safety. Fear of torture/ill-treatment.

Index Number: ASA 33/013/2002
Date Published: 30 April 2002
Categories: Asia And The Pacific, Pakistan

Two men, Elham Tohtam, and Ablitip Abdul Kadir, and possibly one other man, were arrested on 22 April in Rawalpindi, northern Pakistan. Their current whereabouts are unknown and it is feared that they may be or may already have been, forcibly returned to China. All three men are members of China's ethnic Uighur minority and would be at risk of torture and possibly execution, if returned to China.