MUSHTAQ otherwise known as MAHMOOD RIYASAT v SECRETARY FOR JUSTICE sued for and on behalf of DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRATION

Read the full judgment text of DCCJ 1766/2010 on BabelCite. This District Court judgment was delivered on 14 November 2014.

1. The plaintiffs in these actions are claimants under the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (“ CAT ”) to resist removal from Hong Kong. They have been subject to administrative detention pursuant to section 32 of the Immigration Ordinance, Cap 115 (“ IO ”) and released on recognizance. They say the detention then was unlawful; and now claim damages against the Director of Immigration (“ the Director ”) for their loss and damage.

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