Sentences with phrase «fear of persecution»

Those people must then show persecution or a well - founded fear of persecution because of membership in one of those groups.

I think religion is a very personal thing, and people (including we atheists) should be free to hold and practice their own beliefs without fear of persecution.

Many with genuine fears of persecution were refused on technical legal grounds.

It means that I can practice the religion of my choosing without fear of persecution.

Losses of employees to AIDS are an expense and trauma to American institutions, but not to those in South Africa, where people who are HIV - positive hide their condition as long as possible for fear of persecution and die relatively quickly once they have AIDS, since few interventions are available to them.

A refugee is someone who has fled their home country and can not return because of a well - founded fear of persecution based on religion, race, nationality, political opinion or membership in a particular social group.

As a signatory to the treaty, the United States grants asylum to individuals who demonstrate a credible fear of persecution in court.

Arguing that Rwandan refugees no longer have a reasonable fear of persecution if they return, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has invoked a «cessation clause» applying to Rwandans who fled their country before December 31, 1998.

The question was whether immigration officers who are deciding refugee claims can rely on Wikipedia descriptions of the conditions in the countries of origin of refugee claimants, to decide if those claimants have a reasonable fear of persecution if they return to those countries.

The trick is doing this in a way that is true to the basic religious tenets without anxiety, ie, if this can be done with humility and without constant fear of persecution, maybe we can truly learn how to COEXIST (my favorite bumper sticker these days!).

Lawyers on both sides of the issue can argue eloquently about protecting Canada's refugee system and the rights of those in fear of persecution by allowing individuals already in Canada to remain here.

Refugees flee their country of origin because of war, persecution, or a well - founded fear of persecution based on their race, ethnicity, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion.

Isaac Newton kept his true religious beliefs secret, for fear of persecution, until literally his dying day.

In all facets of our work we strive to embody what we hope to see in the world — a just, loving humanity and community in which people are free to be themselves fully — where people can embrace their most basic universal human attachment needs without fear of persecution or marginalization as a result of religion, race, ethnic or national origin, sexual orientation, gender expression, age, class, mental health, physical character or disability.

Refugees seeking asylum can be deported if they commit crimes, but those with a credible fear of persecution in their home countries «are eligible for a broader range of waivers to the grounds of deportability than apply to other immigrants,» said Tudi.

The Refugee Convention (the Covention) recognises that those who are guilty of very serious misconduct should not be entitled to surrogate protection, even if they have a genuine fear of persecution in their home countries.

«The United States stands in solidarity with Pastor Nadarkhani, his family, and all those who seek to practice their religion without fear of persecution - a fundamental and universal human right.»

Every person must have right to leave and or join the Catholic Church without any fear of persecution.

Capron said that this man knew of Christianity, but «for fear of persecution he never renounced caste he never became a church member.

«Under this Kafkaesque procedure,» wrote Saris in her opinion, «[the Indonesian Christians] will be removed back to the very country where they fear persecution and torture while awaiting a decision on whether they should be subject to removal because of their fears of persecution and torture.»

Trump's new order considers «fear of persecution or torture» without explicitly calling out religious factors.

If it was up to me I would have them all killed so the Christian and Jewish people could live without fear of persecution.

It is difficult for a minor to articulate a well - founded fear of persecution.»

«In deciding whether anyone has a well founded fear of persecution or is in danger of losing life or liberty because of a political opinion,» he wrote, «one must continue to look at the person from the perspective of the persecutor.

Although Caroline did indeed have a «well - founded fear of persecution'thanks to her father's affiliation with an opposition party, she felt the need to augment her story with narratives of brutal rapes and torture.

In his statement on Thursday, Patino emphasized both that Sweden has yet to guarantee that the Wikileaks founder will not face further prosecution in the U.S. and that, in the view of Ecuador, Assange's fears of persecution are legitimate.

Although Caroline's real life situation met the legal grounds for an asylum claim and she had a «well - founded fear of persecution», the current system made it more advantageous for her to fabricate a tale of sexual violence.

And it scales back federal enforcement of marijuana, giving patients the freedom to use it without fear of persecution, Gillibrand said.

Thanks to their efforts, partners of different racial background do not have to hide in fear of persecution.

Starring Andrew Garfield and Adam Driver as Catholic missionaries, Martin Scorsese's period drama sees these two young men travel to Japan to find their missing mentor and spread Catholicism to individuals hiding in fear of persecution.

As a former priest, the artist's father left the clergy, and Iraq, for fear of persecution.

As a former priest, Mamou's father left the clergy, and Iraq, for fear of persecution.

«You have to prove you have a fear of persecution in your country of origin.»

Hopefully, this is one step towards the day when we can live out our faith without fear of persecution...

The RPD determines whether or not a refugee claimant has established a well - founded fear of persecution for a convention grounds (race, religion, particular social group, nationality, or political opinion) or a risk of cruel and inhuman treatment.

The general rule is that, in any subsequent appeal relating to the same country, the FTT is obliged to take account of an applicable Country Guidance case in deciding whether an appellant's fear of persecution in that country is well - founded.

Monero as a truly anonymous cryptocurrency solves this issue and allows people to transact freely without fear of persecution.