Religion – Weltanschauung – Recht [ RWR ]

The applicant, K.A.B., is a Somali national who was born in 1960. He entered Sweden and requested asylum in April 2009, claiming that he had been threatened in Somalia by an Islamist group and that, if returned there, he would risk serious assault by that group.

The Swedish Migration Board rejected his asylum request in a decision eventually upheld in July 2010, concluding that he had failed to substantiate a well-founded fear of persecution. His requests for his application to be examined anew were ultimately rejected in 2011.

In January 2011, the European Court of Human Rights applied an interim measure in the applicant’s case, requesting the Swedish Government not to deport him to Somalia until further notice.

He complains that his removal from Sweden would expose him to a real risk of being subjected to treatment in breach of Article 2 (right to life) and Article 3 (prohibition of torture and of inhuman or degrading treatment) of the Convention.

Press release ECHR 242 (2013) 27/08/2013