RMK v Refugee Appeals Tribunal (Denis Linehan) and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform

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Khazadi
Respondent/Defendant:Refugee Appeals Tribunal (Denis Linehan) and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform
Court/s:High Court
Citation/s:[2010] IEHC 367
Nature of Proceedings:Judicial Review
Judgment Date/s:28 Sep 2010
Judge:Clark J.
Category:Refugee Law
Keywords:Refugee, Refugee Law
Country of Origin:Democratic Republic of the Congo
URL:https://www.courts.ie/acc/alfresco/8b777782-2fc2-41aa-bab3-b91d17eeb35c/2010_IEHC_367_1.pdf/pdf#view=fitH
Geographic Focus:Ireland

The Applicant was a national of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (‘DRC’) who had arrived in Ireland in 2003 as an asylum seeker. He claimed to have been an editor at the State-controlled television network RTNC and to have been imprisoned and tortured as a result of broadcasts which connected Congolese President Joseph Kabila to a massacre in a … Read More

Principles:

Some medical reports are capable, in an objective way, of supporting an asylum seeker’s claim. In such cases, clear and strong reasons must be given if the probative value of the report is to be rejected.

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