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
AWM v Refugee Appeals Tribunal and Others
| 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 |
| 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. |