Muhur v. Ashcroft, No. 02-3597.
| Court | United States Courts of Appeals. United States Court of Appeals (7th Circuit) |
| Writing for the Court | Posner |
| Citation | 355 F.3d 958 |
| Parties | Yordanos MUHUR, Petitioner, v. John ASHCROFT, Attorney General of the United States, Respondent. |
| Decision Date | 20 January 2004 |
| Docket Number | No. 02-3597. |
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Social Media and Online Persecution
...online harm as persecutory, that choice is a normative judgment, not an application of an immutable, legal rule. 344. Muhur v. Ashcroft, 355 F.3d 958, 961 (7th Cir. 2004) (Posner, J.); see also Kazemzadeh v. U.S. Att’y Gen., 577 F.3d 1341, 1354 (11th Cir. 2009) (citing to Muhur, 355 F.3d at......
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Kazemzadeh v. U.S. Atty. Gen., No. 08-12857.
...Seventh Circuit that having to practice religion underground to avoid punishment is itself a form of persecution. See Muhur v. Ashcroft, 355 F.3d 958, 960-61 (7th Cir. 2004) (Posner, J.). We have recognized that "the [Immigration and Nationality Act] and related regulations ... do not requi......
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Diallo v. Ashcroft, No. 03-1876.
...is basically credible; however, his testimony is not inherently persuasive.' We do not understand what this means."); Muhur v. Ashcroft, 355 F.3d 958, 961 (7th Cir.2004) (failure to make a credibility determination regarding whether petitioner was or was not a Jehovah's Witness requires rem......
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Fessehaye v. Gonzales, No. 03-3933.
...of conversion than reasonably can be expected, especially in the absence of a finding that the alien is not credible, Muhur v. Ashcroft, 355 F.3d 958, 960 (7th Cir.2004) (noting that many authentic believers, including members of churches with more structure than Jehovah's Witnesses, would ......
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28 cases
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Kazemzadeh v. U.S. Atty. Gen., No. 08-12857.
...Seventh Circuit that having to practice religion underground to avoid punishment is itself a form of persecution. See Muhur v. Ashcroft, 355 F.3d 958, 960-61 (7th Cir. 2004) (Posner, J.). We have recognized that "the [Immigration and Nationality Act] and related regulations ... do not requi......
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Diallo v. Ashcroft, No. 03-1876.
...is basically credible; however, his testimony is not inherently persuasive.' We do not understand what this means."); Muhur v. Ashcroft, 355 F.3d 958, 961 (7th Cir.2004) (failure to make a credibility determination regarding whether petitioner was or was not a Jehovah's Witness requires rem......
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Fessehaye v. Gonzales, No. 03-3933.
...of conversion than reasonably can be expected, especially in the absence of a finding that the alien is not credible, Muhur v. Ashcroft, 355 F.3d 958, 960 (7th Cir.2004) (noting that many authentic believers, including members of churches with more structure than Jehovah's Witnesses, would ......
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Ghebrehiwot v. Attorney General of U.S., No. 05-3847.
...He cites Fessehaye v. Gonzales 414 F.3d 746 (7th Cir.2005), Ghebremedhin v. Ashcroft, 385 F.3d 1116 (7th Cir.2004), and Muhur v. Ashcroft, 355 F.3d 958 (7th Cir.2004). However, these cases involved persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses, not Pentecostals. The Eritrean government persecutes Jeho......
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1 books & journal articles
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Social Media and Online Persecution
...online harm as persecutory, that choice is a normative judgment, not an application of an immutable, legal rule. 344. Muhur v. Ashcroft, 355 F.3d 958, 961 (7th Cir. 2004) (Posner, J.); see also Kazemzadeh v. U.S. Att’y Gen., 577 F.3d 1341, 1354 (11th Cir. 2009) (citing to Muhur, 355 F.3d at......