Type: Judgment

Authority: National Courts: Merit's Courts (England) - Asylum and Immigration Tribunal

Date: 01/05/2009

Subject: The Asylum and Immigration Tribunal admits the claim of an Afghan 27 years old citizen, who claims for asylum for the risk of discrimination and torture if returned to his Country, Afghanistan, where homosexuality is a widespread practice but confined to private life, which must remain secret. The Tribunal recalls articles 3 and 8 of the ECHR.

Parties: AJ (Risk to Homosexuals) c/ Afghanistan CG

Original language: English

Classification: Dignity - Art. 4 Torture - Inhuman punishments - Degrading punishments - Inhuman treatments - Degrading treatments - Freedoms - Art. 7 Privacy - Equality - Art. 20 Equality - Art. 21 Non discrimination

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