Breaking: The European Court of Human Rights stops deportation
Breaking: The European Court of Human Rights stops deportation
The European Court of Human Rights has decided to prevent the Swedish applicant’s deportation to Afghanistan in the case of M.H. v. Sweden. The duty judge has decided, in the interests of the parties and the proper conduct of the proceedings before it, to indicate to the Government of Sweden, under Rule 39, that the applicant should not be expelled for the duration of the proceedings before the Court.
– The applicant has, during his stay in Sweden, converted from Islam to Christianity. The execution of the expulsion would entail a violation of Article 2 and 3 of the European Convention of Human Rights, as he on a return to Afghanistan would face the death penalty, torture or inhuman and degrading treatment, said Ruth Nordstrom, Senior Legal Counsel at Scandinavian Human Rights Lawyers.
– The applicant shows all the signs of having genuine Christian beliefs. He has exhausted all domestic remedies in Sweden. The Swedish authorities and courts have, at the initial determination of his asylum application, without reasonable grounds, made the assessment that his Christian beliefs are not genuine. An examination of how genuine the complainant’s faith is, has not been done since before October 2013, because the Courts did not consider that any new facts had emerged in the case, says Rebecca Ahlstrand, Legal Counsel at Scandianvian Human Rights Lawyers.
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