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Munyakazi v. Lynch

11 July 2016 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit | Topic(s): Acts of persecution - Arbitrary arrest and detention - Convention against Torture (CAT) - Genocide - Torture | Countries: Rwanda - United States of America

Gutierrez-Rostran v. Lynch

13 January 2016 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit | Topic(s): Acts of persecution - Appeal / Right to appeal - Cumulative grounds of persecution - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) | Countries: Nicaragua - United States of America

Matter of Z-Z-O-

26 May 2015 | Judicial Body: United States Board of Immigration Appeals | Topic(s): Acts of persecution - Appeal / Right to appeal - Forced sterilization / Abortion - Immigration law - Refugee / Asylum law - Right to family life - Visas - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: China - United States of America

Andre Lawrence Shepherd v Bundesrepublik Deutschland

26 February 2015 | Judicial Body: European Union: Court of Justice of the European Union | Topic(s): Acts of persecution - Asylum-seekers - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Regional instruments - War crimes | Countries: Germany - United States of America

Opinion of Advocate General Sharpston: Andre Lawrence Shepherd v. Bundesrepublik Deutschland

11 November 2014 | Judicial Body: European Union: Court of Justice of the European Union | Topic(s): Acts of persecution - Asylum-seekers - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Regional instruments - War crimes | Countries: Germany - United States of America

Negusie v. Holder, Attorney General

On writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit: Negusie v. Gonzales, Attorney General, 15 May 2007.

3 March 2009 | Judicial Body: United States Supreme Court | Topic(s): Acts of persecution - Agents of persecution - Convention against Torture (CAT) - Deportation / Forcible return - Exclusion clauses - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment | Countries: Eritrea - United States of America

Arteaga v. Mukasey

On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals, Argued and Submitted 8 June 2007 in Pasadena, California.

27 December 2007 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Topic(s): Acts of persecution - Grounds for persecution - Social group persecution | Countries: El Salvador - United States of America

Korablina v. Immigration and Naturalization Service

Petition to Review a Decision of the Immigration and Naturalization Service.

23 October 1998 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Topic(s): Acts of persecution - Jew - Religious discrimination - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) | Countries: Ukraine - United States of America

Matter of Orozco-Polanco

U.S. EOIR, Immigration Court, El Paso Texas

18 December 1997 | Judicial Body: United States Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) | Topic(s): Acts of persecution - Grounds for persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - Social group persecution - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: Guatemala - United States of America

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