AWM v Refugee Appeals Tribunal and Others

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Respondent/Defendant:Refugee Appeals Tribunal, Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Ireland and the Attorney General
Court/s:High Court
Citation/s:[2015] IEHC 365
Nature of Proceedings:Judicial Review
Judgment Date/s:15 Jun 2015
Judge:MacEochaidh J.
Category:Refugee Law
Keywords:Refugee
Country of Origin:Kenya
URL:https://www.courts.ie/acc/alfresco/bb637f60-db09-4a3f-858d-e9fdd11076e6/2015_IEHC_365_1.pdf/pdf#view=fitH
Geographic Focus:Ireland

Facts: The applicant was a Kenyan female and a Christian who began a relationship with a Kenyan man, a Muslim of Somali ethnicity. She claimed that their relationship ended when she refused to convert to Islam. She alleged that, following a number of incidents including inter alia attacks on churches, of which she believed she was the intended target, she … Read More

Principles:

Where a protection applicant seeks to support a claim by means of newspaper articles or similar material, a protection decision-maker should not necessarily find such material to be fake on account of typographical errors in it, where it cannot be satisfied that the applicant was responsible for the content of the articles.

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