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UK - MSM (Somalia) v Secretary of State for the Home Department, 2015 UKUT 00413 (IAC)
Country of applicant: Somalia
Keywords: Inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, Non-state actors/agents of persecution, Persecution (acts of), Persecution Grounds/Reasons, Well-founded fear, Refugee Status, Political Opinion

There is a real risk that by virtue of his predicted employment in the media sector the Appellant will be persecuted for political opinion and/or that a breach of his rights under Articles 2 and 3 ECHR will occur.

The Appellant is not to be denied refugee status on the ground that it would be open to him to seek to engage in employment other than in the journalistic or media sector.

Date of decision: 05-06-2015
Relevant International and European Legislation: EN - Qualification Directive, Directive 2004/83/EC of 29 April 2004,1951 Refugee Convention,Art 9,Art 10,European Union Law,EN - Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union,Article 10,Article 52,Art 52.1,EN - Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms,Article 2,Article 3
Germany - Administrative Court Gießen, 11 July 2013, 5 K 1316/12.GI.A
Country of applicant: Pakistan
Keywords: Internal protection, Previous persecution, Persecution (acts of), Persecution Grounds/Reasons, Safe third country, Standard of proof, Religion, Real risk, Individual threat, Discrimination

Ahmadis, for whom the practise and possibly also the promotion of their faith in public are elements which define their identity and as such are essential, are very likely to be at risk of political persecution in Pakistan. The “relationship consideration” demanded by the Federal Administrative Court, whereby the number of members of a particular group is compared with the number of actual threatening acts of persecution, seems virtually impossible in this case.

Date of decision: 11-07-2013
Relevant International and European Legislation: Art 8,Art 10.1 (b),Art 4.4,Art 9.1,Art 9.2 (b),Art 9.2 (c),Art 52.1