Relatives and key witnesses to the 2014 disappearance of Mr. Asadullah Faiz Mohammed

Cases
Location of case in SG report
2020-094-001
Relevant SG report
Year of the report
2020
Country Geolocation

Latitude: 30.375321

Longitude: 69.3451159999999

Country Geolocation (linked Cases)
Pakistan
From Region
Type of record
Unnamed individual/group/organization
Was the victim a foreign national?
No
Was the victim a minor?
No
Type of rights defended
  • Civil/political rights
Was the victim a civil servant or member of the security forces or of the judiciary?
No
Reported trigger of reprisal

have been the subject of threats and harassment by authorities since the case was brought to the attention of the Working Group in 2014. Under its standard procedure, the Working Group sent a letter regarding allegations that Mr. Asadullah was “abducted on 18 March 2014 by frontier corps personnel...from the CGS colony satellite town, Quetta, Balochistan

Engagement with UN body
  • UN Special Procedures: thematic
Dates of engagement
Since 2014
Type of attempted engagement
  • Submission of information to UN
Dates of mentioned reprisals
Since 2014
Reprisal information

According to information received, close relatives of Mr. Asadullah Faiz Mohammed have subsequently been questioned by army authorities on whether they had filed a case with the UN, and other relatives and the key witness have received frequent calls pressuring them to withdraw testimony and stop any kind of activity regarding the case, including inquiries with the UN.

Types of reprisals suffered
  • Threats/Intimidations (incl. "fear of reprisal")
Alleged/likely perpetrators
State actors
Was the reprisal based on new legislation?
No
Does the report make general comment about country’s environment for engagement with UN?
No
Is the country cited for a "pattern of reprisal" in the context of this case?
No
Is a pattern of reprisals mentioned otherwise in the context of this case?
No
Does the report cite "self-censorship" as an issue in the context of this case?
No
How many times has the case been followed up in subsequent SG reports?
0