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13 September 2006
As of 10 September 2006
SWITZERLAND = 51 cases
GERMANY = 22 cases
FRANCE = 2 cases
SPAIN = 2 cases
NETHERLANDS = 1 case
ITALY = 1 case
1. C.Z. v. Ministry of Interior
Tribunale Ordinario di Catania, 15 December 2004; reversed denial of asylum
Kurdish Iraqi granted asylum based on fears of backlash from Saddam
Hussein for acts undertaken as prison warden in northern Iraq.
POLAND = 3 cases
1. Y.E.I.
Warsaw Regional Administrative Court, 3 November 2004
Sudanese from Darfur denied refugee status because did not show significant
connections to Darfur and had never lived there.
7. S v. RSAA [exclusion]
Court of Appeals (Wellington); 2 April 1998
Sri Lankan joined communist group, smashed government shops to help the
“uprising,” high on heroin. Fled Sri Lanka after summary executions of group members .
Excluded by Art. 1 F (b) [serious non political crime].
Court rejects balancing seriousness of persecution vs gravity of offense. Only
issue = is it serious non pol crime [that may require balancing] BUT NO balancing of the
consequences if returned
AUSTRALIA = 51 cases
3. NABD of 2002 v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs
Federal Court of Appeals, 26 May 2005; appeal dismissed
Recently converted Iranian member of the (Christian) Uniting Church who feared
persecution under apostasy laws, in principle exposing him to the risk of execution.
Country conditions reports indicate quiet practice of Christianity in Iran will not risk
persecution.
[religion; country conditions]
CANADA