Country Witness Expert on Afghanistan, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Maldives, and China
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Expert at The Human Rights Experts, an international expert witness organisation.
We provide expert witness reports for asylum cases worldwide, covering human rights violations, political persecution, and systemic oppression. Our reports are trusted by lawyers, courts, and immigration authorities, in full compliance with procedural standards and tribunal requirements in the UK (CPR Part 35, Upper Tribunal PD, First-tier Tribunal IAC PD), USA (Federal Rules of Evidence), Canada, and the EU.
Winner of the Expert Witness Awards in the category of Best Immigration, Asylum & Refugee Expert Witness 2024.
Human Rights Researcher and Legal Expert
Regional Analyst on Gender-Based Persecution and Religious Oppression
Academic and Field Specialist on South Asian Civil Society
I provide expert analysis on all five Refugee Convention grounds: political opinion, religion, ethnicity, membership of a particular social group (including LGBT and gender-based cases), and nationality, with a focus on Afghanistan, South Asia, and China.
This includes:
- Political persecution by the Taliban in Afghanistan, including against former government officials, journalists, and civil society actors
- State violence, disappearances, and threats in Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh targeting activists, ethnic minorities, and dissenting voices
- Religious persecution of Hazara Shia, Ahmadiyya, Christian, Hindu, and Buddhist minorities
- Ethnic and caste-based discrimination, particularly against Dalits, Tamils, and Rohingya-origin populations
- Forced marriage, honour-based violence, and systemic impunity for gender-based crimes
- Harassment and criminalisation of LGBT individuals in India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and the Maldives
- Statelessness risks among returnees, refugees, and persecuted groups across the region
- Suppression of civil society, media, and human rights defenders through legal and extrajudicial means
- Repression of Uyghur Muslims and Tibetan Buddhists in China, including arbitrary detention and state surveillance
- Risks to women and girls in Afghanistan under Taliban rule, including restrictions on education, movement, and autonomy
- Preparation of expert witness reports for asylum, immigration, and human rights cases
- Provision of oral testimony before courts and tribunals
- Verification and authentication of documents and country-specific evidence
- Conducting nationality assessments, including statelessness evaluations
- Author of regional research and publications on persecution in Afghanistan, South Asia, and China
- Contributor to NGO briefings and advocacy documents on women’s rights, religious freedom, and political repression
- Expert member of The Human Rights Experts
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Pashto (Fluent)
Urdu (Fluent)
English (Fluent)
Mandarin Chinese (Basic)