Adjudication of asylum claims (refugee status determination / asylum procedures) / Religious persecution (including forced conversion)

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

26 January 2015 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit | 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

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

31 December 2013 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Topic(s): Convention against Torture (CAT) - Forced sterilization / Abortion - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) | Countries: China - United States of America

23 December 2013 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit | Topic(s): Appeal / Right to appeal - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) | Countries: Nigeria - United States of America

7 November 2013 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit | Topic(s): Convention against Torture (CAT) - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) | Countries: Indonesia - United States of America

Petition for review denied as the applicant failed to demonstrate a well-founded fear of persecution on account of a protected ground.

14 May 2013 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit | Countries: Germany - 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