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Human rights and sexual orientation and gender identity

Includes information on the role of homosexuality in refugee status determination, and an example of this.

Nigeria: Amicus Curiae brief submitted to the Federal High Court reviewing refugee status granted to Charles Taylor

This brief concerns the legal challenge brought by two Nigerian victims of torture in Sierra Leone regarding asylum granted by the Nigerian government to former Liberian President Charles Taylor in August 2003.

Indonesia: new military operations, old patterns of human rights abuses in Aceh (Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam, NAD)

This report is divided into two parts. Part one provides details of the current human rights situation in NAD. Part two focuses on the situation for Acehnese refugees in Malaysia. Recommendations are provided to both the Indonesian and Malaysian governments, as well as to the United Nations (UN) and second governments which, if implemented, would … Continue reading Indonesia: new military operations, old patterns of human rights abuses in Aceh (Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam, NAD) →

Female genital mutilation and asylum

This document details the cases in which women, and sometimes family members, have been granted asylum to escape female genital mutilation.