Religious groups / Christian

6 January 2016 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit | Topic(s): Asylum-seekers - Christian - Credibility assessment - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Statelessness | Countries: Palestine, State of - United States of America

7 July 2014 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit | Topic(s): Christian - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) | Countries: Indonesia - United States of America

18 June 2014 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit | Topic(s): Christian - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) | Countries: China - United States of America

Petition for review granted, decision vacated on basis that conduct alleged amounts to past persecution and therefore satisfies petitioner’s burden of demonstrating a well-founded fear of persecution, and remanded.

5 February 2013 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Countries: China - United States of America

Petition for review granted in part, denied in part, and remanded for further consideration and explanation of whether a conviction for resisting arrest constitutes a “particularly serious crime.”

18 January 2013 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Countries: Bangladesh - United States of America

Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals. Agency No. A72-368-644. Petition Denied.

25 March 2011 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Christian - Freedom of religion - Persecution of family members - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) | Countries: China - United States of America

On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals. Agency No. A27-431-266. Petition Denied.

6 December 2010 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Topic(s): Christian - Credibility assessment | Countries: Nigeria - United States of America

On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals.

26 July 2010 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Topic(s): Abduction - Christian - Effective protection - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Muslim - Persecution based on political opinion - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Safe third country - State protection | Countries: Iran, Islamic Republic of

On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals.

14 July 2010 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit | Topic(s): Christian - Convention against Torture (CAT) - Cumulative grounds of persecution - Forced sterilization / Abortion - One-child policy / Family planning - Persecution based on political opinion - Persecution of family members - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) | Countries: China - United States of America

On Appeal from the Board of Immigration Appeals. Not Recommended for Full-Text Publication.

1 June 2010 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit | Topic(s): Christian - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Muslim - Non-state agents of persecution - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) | Countries: Kenya - United States of America