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The issues that arise on this appeal are whether the Upper Tribunal in OO (Algeria) wrongly equated persecution with a risk of being subjected to physical violence and also failed to consider, cumulatively, the impact of the treatment that gay men would face in Algeria. Further, the appeal raises the issues of whether it would be unduly harsh to require the appellant to relocate within Algeria or whether returning him to Algeria would amount to a disproportionate interference with his rights under Article 8 of the Convention given that he would conceal his sexual orientation if he returned to live in Algeria.

14 December 2020 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) - Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity | Countries: Algeria - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

23 January 2015 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - National security / Public order | Countries: Algeria - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

2 April 2012 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Exclusion clauses - Terrorism | Countries: Algeria - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

On appeal from the Special Immigration Appeals Commission.

21 December 2010 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Criminal justice - Deportation / Forcible return - Prosecution vs persecution - Right to family life - Terrorism | Countries: Algeria - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Application for permission to appeal a decision by the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (AIT No: AS/09402/2004).

13 May 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Persecution based on political opinion - Prosecution vs persecution - Right to family life | Countries: Algeria - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

On appeal from the Special Immigration Appeals Commission. The judgment was subsequently appealed before the House of Lords: RB (Algeria) (FC) and Another v. Secretary of State for the Home Department; OO (Jordan) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department [2009] UKHL 10.

30 July 2007 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Criminal justice - Deportation / Forcible return - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Exclusion clauses - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Prosecution vs persecution | Countries: Algeria - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

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9 November 2004 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Countries: Algeria - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

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11 August 2004 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Terrorism | Countries: Algeria - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

On appeal from the Immigration Appeal Tribunal.

26 July 2004 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Countries: Algeria - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

On appeal from the Immigration Appeal Tribunal.

30 July 2003 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: Algeria - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland