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Country of Applicant: Russia
Keywords: Inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, Medical Reports/Medico-legal Reports, Race, Refugee Status, Safe country of origin, Serious harm, Well-founded fear
The case examined the allegations of three applicants of Chechen origin that their deportation to Russia would place them in conditions amounting to inhumane and degrading treatment. Their allegations were based on the general situation of Chechens in Russia as well as on an individual risk of the first applicant because of his documentary work, recording the execution of villagers by the Russian federal troops.
The Court found that the deportation of the applicants to Russia would give rise to a violation of Article 3 (prohibition of torture and of inhuman or degrading treatment)...
Date: 20-01-2014
Country of Decision: Hungary
Country of Applicant: Somalia
Keywords: Persecution Grounds/Reasons, Race, Nationality, Membership of a particular social group, Gender Based Persecution, Humanitarian considerations, Internal protection, Medical Reports/Medico-legal Reports
The decision of the asylum authority was annulled on the basis that there was insufficient evidence that an internal protection alternative existed.
Date: 15-10-2009
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