The European Court of Human Rights and the United Nations’ Committee Against Torture have blocked several attempts by Finnish authorities to repatriate asylum seekers who had been tortured in their […]
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Ninth Circuit to Hear Salvadoran Woman’s Asylum Appeal En Banc
Judges to Decide Whether Testimony Against Gang Members Qualifies for Protection By KENNETH OFGANG, Staff Writer The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will decide en banc whether persons who […]
Read MoreHRI Success Story: Haynes and Boone Team Achieves Victory in Asylum Case
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Read MoreHRI Supports Termination of One-Year Asylum Filing Deadline
Since the one-year asylum filing rule was established in 1996, refugees who otherwise would have been granted asylum in this country were rejected because of the application deadline. On September 21st, 2011, […]
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