The Applicants were Azeri nationals (husband and wife), who applied for and obtained asylum status in Poland in April 2006. Mr S was a journalist who became editor in chief of a prominent opposition newspaper in Azerbaijan in 1994. He complained that during his tenure as editor he was subjected to assaults, threats and blackmail and that agents of the … Read More
AQS & KIS v Refugee Applications Commissioner
| Respondent/Defendant: | Refugee Applications Commissioner |
| Court/s: | High Court |
| Citation/s: | [2010] IEHC 421 |
| Nature of Proceedings: | Judicial Review |
| Judgment Date/s: | 23 Nov 2010 |
| Judge: | Hogan J. |
| Category: | Refugee Law |
| Keywords: | Persecution, Refugee, Refugee Law |
| Country of Origin: | Azerbaijan |
| URL: | https://www.courts.ie/acc/alfresco/bbeec605-eef5-4310-9b45-6a3800ec44b3/2010_IEHC_421_1.pdf/pdf#view=fitH |
| Geographic Focus: | Ireland |
| Principles: | It is not enough for an applicant to simply allege a fear of persecution: he/she must go further and must generally show that the state in question is either not disposed to granting reasonable protection, or, perhaps, is simply not in a position to do so. |