ALI AKHTAR V. TORTURE CLAIMS APPEAL BOARD / NON-REFOULEMENT CLAIMS PETITION OFFICE

The applicant, a Pakistani national and Sunni Muslim, sought leave to apply for judicial review of the Torture Claims Appeal Board's decision rejecting his non-refoulement claim. He claimed he feared persecution by Shia Muslims because he had prevented them from destroying a Sunni mosque, which led to the killing of his cousin. The application for leave was dismissed after the court found no reasonably arguable basis for judicial review.