United States Ninth Circuit

Evidence that asylum applicant was allowed to work, travel and obtain an education is not sufficient to defeat claim that she was persecuted on account of her religious beliefs where they were conditioned upon her disavowal of her beliefs.

Appellate Information

• Argued 10/11/2001
• Decided 11/28/2001
• Published 11/28/2001

Judges

• PREGERSON, Circuit Judge:, Before:  PREGERSON and RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges, and WEINER, District Judge.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Thipphavone P. Ark, Ark & Wiley, San Francisco, California, Virender Kumar Goswami, San Francisco, California, attorneys for the petitioners.


• For Appellees:
  
• Stephen J. Flynn, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., Anthony W. Norwood, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., attorneys for the respondent.