Subsequent to the appellant s flight to New Zealand, it appears that his brother J and J s wife also went into hiding. For a considerable period of time, the appellant was uncertain as to his brother s whereabouts. However, approximately one month before the Authority s hearing, the appellant was informed that his brother, J, and his wife were in Pakistan. Fresh information was given to the Authority at its hearing which was not supplied to the RSB hearing in June 1996. This information, in the main, comes from Germany.
R appears to have been granted refugee status.
R and A are actively involved in Mojahedin opposition groups based in Germany. Photographs were supplied of R participating in anti-regime demonstrations in Germany. A letter was supplied from the German-based Mojahedin to the effect that the appellant s brother, J, had been secretly involved with the Mojahedin for some time. Confirmation of R s refugee status in Germany was also supplied. It was stated that this man was killed by Komiteh in January 1996, whilst trying to protect his sister from a forcible entry into her parents home.