International crimes / Serious non-political crime

23 February 2017 | Publisher: France: Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides (OFPRA) | Document type: Country Reports

Appeal dismissed on grounds that the applicant’s actions as a member of a group that burned passenger buses and cars, threw stones, and disrupted the economic activity of merchants in the market, while pretending to be from the opposition party in order to discredit such party, reached the level of serious criminal conduct which outweighed its political nature and therefore constituted a serious nonpolitical crime.

11 September 2012 | Judicial Body: United States Board of Immigration Appeals | Document type: Case Law | Countries: Côte d'Ivoire - United States of America