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Pan v. Holder, Attorney General

26 January 2015 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Convention against Torture (CAT) - Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity - Grounds for persecution - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) | Countries: Kyrgyzstan - United States of America

Weinong Lin v. Holder, Attorney General

19 August 2014 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Appeal / Right to appeal - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Political asylum | Countries: China - United States of America

Prakash Acharya v. Holder, Attorney General

5 August 2014 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Internal armed conflict - Persecution based on political opinion | Countries: Nepal - United States of America

Y.C., v. Holder, Attorney General

18 December 2013 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Convention against Torture (CAT) - Persecution based on political opinion - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: China - United States of America

Gashi v. Holder, Attorney General

Petition for review granted, order of the Board vacated, and the case remanded for proceedings consistent with finding that members of a group consisting of persons who witnessed Haradinaj’s alleged crimes and cooperated with international investigators possessed the required social visibility requirement to constitute a particular social group.

18 December 2012 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit | Document type: Case Law | Countries: Serbia - United States of America

Yu v. Holder, Attorney General

Petition for review granted, decision vacated and remanded for further proceedings to determine claimant's claim of imputed political opinion for purposefully organizing workers

7 September 2012 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit | Document type: Case Law | Countries: China - United States of America

Tchitchui v. Holder, Attorney General

Petition for review denied as “firm resettlement” in a third country prior to arrival in the United States bars an alien from obtaining asylum.

19 September 2011 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit | Document type: Case Law | Countries: Cameroon - Chile - Guatemala - United States of America

Wong v Holder, Attorney General

Petition for review of a precedential decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals. Petition for review Dismissed in part, Denied in part, and Granted in part. Order of removal vacated and remanded for further proceedings.

1 February 2011 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): One-child policy / Family planning | Countries: China - United States of America

Long v Holder, Attorney General; Song v. Holder, Attorney General

On Petition for Review of Orders of the Board of Immigration Appeals re: Chinese nationals that claim they suffered persecution in China on account of assistance they gave refugees from North Korea. Petition for Ri Quan Song denied; Petition for Jin Jin Long granted granted; Order vacated and case remanded for further proceedings.

16 September 2010 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: China - United States of America

Volaj v. Holder, United States Attorney General

Summary Order. Petition for review of a Board of Immigration Appeals decision.

1 July 2010 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Corruption - Immigration law - Persecution based on political opinion - Political situation - Refugee / Asylum law | Countries: Albania - United States of America

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