Region Covered: South & Central Asia — including Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Bhutan.
Country Witness Expert on South & Central Asia, including Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Bhutan.
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Expert at the international agency The Human Rights:
We provide expert witness reports for asylum cases worldwide, covering human rights violations, political persecution, and systemic oppression. Our reports are trusted by lawyers, courts, and immigration authorities in the UK, USA, Canada, and the EU.
I provide expert analysis on all five Refugee Convention grounds — political opinion, religion, ethnicity, membership of a particular social group (including LGBT and gender-based cases), and nationality — with focus on the following countries:
- Pakistan: Persecution of religious minorities (Ahmadis, Shias, Christians), political activists, Baloch and Pashtun ethnic groups, women, and LGBT persons. Frequent misuse of blasphemy laws and enforced disappearances.
- Afghanistan: Widespread persecution under the Taliban of women, Hazaras, former officials, journalists, and LGBT individuals. Severe restrictions on freedoms and violence against minorities.
- Bangladesh: Political repression (BNP members), attacks on journalists and human rights defenders, violence against Hindus and ethnic minorities, criminalisation of LGBT people, and gender-based violence.
- India: Rising persecution of Muslims, Christians, and Dalits; political dissent suppressed; targeting of Kashmiris and tribal groups; LGBT individuals face social stigma despite legal changes.
- Nepal: Discrimination against Dalits, Madhesis, women, and LGBT persons. Weak rule of law, limited justice for domestic violence survivors and wartime victims.
- Sri Lanka: Continued targeting of Tamils, attacks on Muslims and Christians, political surveillance, gender-based violence, and criminalisation of LGBT identity.
- Bhutan: Discrimination against ethnic Nepalis (Lhotshampas), restrictions on political and religious freedoms, marginalisation of LGBT people and women.
As an Expert Witness, I am specialised in gender-based violence, political and religious persecution, and rule of law issues in South Asian countries.
An experienced lawyer, legal academic, and international consultant with a focus on human rights, access to justice, and safeguarding.
Fluent in English and Bengali, with over a decade of experience in legal research, litigation, training, and expert reporting.
Zeenia Hossain is a trained lawyer and legal academic from Bangladesh with over 10 years of experience in litigation, international legal consultancy, legal education, and human rights investigation.
- Former Lawyer at the Supreme Court of Bangladesh, working on civil and criminal matters, writs, and appeals.
- Lecturer at New Castle Law Academy, teaching Civil Law, Criminal Litigation, and Professional Ethics to Bar students.
- Consultant for ActionAid International and other international NGOs, focusing on sexual harassment, safeguarding, and abuse investigations.
- Expert at The Human Rights, an international agency providing expert reports to courts in the UK, USA, Canada, and EU countries, and conducting human rights research worldwide.
- Trained in international legal frameworks, academic legal writing, and post-colonial state formation.
Available upon request and detailed in the expert CV.