Sentences with phrase «granted political asylum»

Rigdol, granted political asylum in the US in 2002, is the first contemporary Tibetan artist to be included in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's permanent collection with his piece «Pin drop silence: Eleven - Headed Avalokitesvara» (2013).

Danh Võ was born on the island of Phu Quoc, in South Vietnam in 1975 and eventually granted political asylum in Denmark, where he was raised.

In 1995, he was granted political asylum in the U.S. with the support of Amnesty International and PEN American Center.

Mindszenty was granted political asylum at the United States embassy in Budapest, and lived there for 15 years before being allowed to leave Hungary.

And through a series of events that he can only attribute to some sort of divine intervention, he eventually was able to graduate with a combined degree in mechanical and electrical engineering after finally being granted political asylum.

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Secretary of State John Kerry is already called upon by the U.S. Congress through the proposed U.S. Senate Resolution regarding the matter to call for the release of Merriam Ibrahim and to grant her «Political Asylum» into the U.S.

His signature diplomatic moves — granting asylum to the NSA whistle blower Edward Snowden, bailing out Ukraine's economy, and now releasing his perceived arch enemy — are well thought - out strategic decisions guided by political prowess and self - confidence.

Born and raised in Tehran and living in Los Angeles, she envisions the city as an imaginary space between asylum as «the protection granted by a nation to someone who has left their native country as a political refugee» and the more dated meaning of the word, «an institution offering shelter and support to people who are mentally ill.»

After he received death threats, it became necessary for their family to apply for political asylum in the U.S., which they were granted almost immediately.