unlawfully in Pakistan
LONDON
A female Afghan judge has appealed against a ruling by the British government refusing her entry to the UK.
The judge, known only as Yosra, is hiding unlawfully in Pakistan, where her family fears for her health.
Her appeal, lodged on her behalf by lawyers in the UK, is the first of potentially dozens of cases brought by Afghans denied entry to the country by the Home Office.
Yosra, 42, was a judge in Afghanistan for two decades and presided over cases that involved Taliban members.
During her career, she received multiple death threats from the group, and her house was targeted.
She fled her homeland with her son after the Taliban retook control of Afghanistan in August last year, fearing for her life.
