Type: Judgment

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

Date: 10/13/2008

Subject: The Asylum and Immigration Tribunal turns down the claim for asylum of a Bangladesh citizen sentenced in his Country to 7 years of prison. To reach such conclusion, the Tribunal addresses the issue of the relation between detention and rights provided by art. 3 of the ECHR, examining the ample jurisprudence of the Court of Strasbourg.

Parties: SH e Secretary of State for the Home Department

Original language: English

Classification: Dignity - Art. 4 Torture - Inhuman punishments - Degrading punishments - Inhuman treatments - Degrading treatments

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