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and the Daily Inqilab. The author notes that his name was reported incorrectly. 4
Furthermore, the author indicates that he has also learned that his name was on a list of
persons accused of the murder in August 2007 of a well-known professor who had written
many books on the Jamaat-e-Islami and spoken out against the party in university lectures.
The author has provided the Committee with court documents related to the charges. 5
2.7
After learning about these accusations, the author fled Bangladesh in December
2007. He arrived in Greece in August 2008, after passing through India, Pakistan, the
Islamic Republic of Iran and “other countries”. He lived on the street in Greece for over
two years and then tried to go back to Bangladesh. When the author reached the IndiaBangladesh border, he called his family. His cousin, who is a member of the youth branch
of the Jamaat-e-Islami, told him that he should not enter the country because he would be
killed or put in prison and tortured. According to the cousin, the author’s mother had said
that the Bangladeshi police had come to her house three times to look for the author in
connection with the charges against him regarding the professor’s killing. The author’s
cousin also informed him that, according to his mother, the police were arresting young
members of the Jamaat-e-Islami for the death of the university professor. She had alleged
that the police were beating and torturing these young members to identify other members
of the party and were placing them in prison without a trial. Furthermore, the author’s
mother had stated that some low-level members of the Jamaat-e-Islami had told her that the
party knew that the author was still alive after the assault perpetrated by the leaders in
October 2007.6 The author claims that, after hearing this news, he decided to travel back
towards Europe.
2.8
On 7 November 2011, after passing through India, Pakistan, the Islamic Republic of
Iran, Turkey, Greece and Italy, the author arrived in Denmark without valid travel
documents. On 8 November 2011, he applied for asylum. On 17 November 2011, 25 June
2012 and 26 September 2013, the Danish police interviewed the author and he stated his
reasons for applying for asylum. On 15 October 2013, the Danish Immigration Service
rejected the author’s application for asylum. It noted that the author had provided divergent
explanations for key events related to his asylum claims and that he lacked credibility. The
Immigration Service was not convinced by the author’s account of his membership with the
Jamaat-e-Islami,7 the charges against him in Bangladesh, 8 the threats received from Jamaate-Islami members 9 or how he had translated documents from Bengali into English.
Furthermore, it emphasized that, on 30 August 2013, the Danish Ministry of Foreign
Affairs had concluded that the documents provided by the author stating the charges against
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The interview report dated 25 June 2012, contained in the Refugee Appeals Board’s decision,
indicates that the author stated that he had been falsely accused in this case, as his name had been
confused with that of another person, who was also a member of the Jamaat-e-Islami.
The author only provided translations of the documents dated 2012, not the originals. They were also
provided to the State party and include: (a) documents dated 4, 7 and 8 December 2011 related to the
investigation into the murder of the professor, Humayun Azad — it is not clear whether the
documents have been issued by the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court of Dhaka or to that body; (b)
a document dated 28 February 2004 related to the investigation into the murder of Mr. Azad — this
appears to be a police report on the murder of the professor, which occurred the same day; (c) an
affidavit by the brother of Mr. Azad dated 28 February 2004 in relation to the investigation into the
murder of his brother; (d) documents dated 4, 7 and 8 December 2011 related to the investigation into
the murder of Mr. Azad (police report submitted to the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court of
Dhaka); (e) a charge sheet related to the investigation into the murder of Mr. Azad — the abovementioned person whose name is very similar to the name of the author, with a slightly different
spelling, is among the accused in the case.
See para. 2.5.
The Immigration Service indicated that, while in his interview of 17 November 2011 the author stated
that he had joined the Jamaat-e-Islami in 2002, in the interview of 25 June 2012 he said that he had
joined it in 2006, having been a sympathizer from 2004 to 2006.
According to the Immigration Service’s decision, in his asylum application of 18 November 2011 the
author stated that he had been charged with arson and the subsequent destruction of two cars, which
had resulted in two people being killed. However, in his interview of 25 June 2012 the author
indicated that he was not aware of the nature of the charges against him in Bangladesh.
The Immigration Service indicated that the author’s allegations that he had received threats from the
leaders between January and October 2007 were not credible.
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