Date when decision was rendered: 7.9.1993

Judicial body: Supreme Administrative Court = Högsta förvaltningsdomstolen = Korkein hallinto-oikeus

Reference: Report No. 3229; 1270/7/93

Reference to source

KHO 1993-A-30.

Yearbook of the Supreme Administrative Court 1993 A, General Part

Högsta förvaltningsdomstolens årsbok 1993 A, allmän del

Korkeimman hallinto-oikeuden vuosikirja 1993 A, yleinen osa

Place of publication: Helsinki

Publisher: The Supreme Administrative Court

Date of publication: 1994

Pages: pp. 99-102

Subject

asylum, death penalty, inhuman treatment or punishment,
asyl, dödsstraff, omänsklig behandling eller bestraffning,
turvapaikka, kuolemanrangaistus, epäinhimillinen kohtelu tai rangaistus,

Relevant legal provisions

Section 6 of the Act on Extraordinary Appeal in Administrative Matters; section 34-1 of the Aliens Act

= lag om extraordinärt ändringssökande i förvaltningsärenden 6 §; utlänningslag 34 § 1 mom.

= laki ylimääräisestä muutoksenhausta hallinto-asioissa 6 §; ulkomaalaislaki 34 § 1 mom.

Abstract

The Supreme Administrative Court granted an extraordinary remedy by annulling a decision by the Ministry of the Interior to deny U asylum.U was an asylum seeker from Bangladesh.After asking the opinion of the chairman of the Asylum Appeals Board, the Ministry had classified the case as apparently unfounded, thereby excluding the possibility of review by the Asylum Appeals Board.The Ministry had issued an order that U was to be expelled to Bangladesh.The Supreme Administrative Court stated that U feared political persecution as a political activist and that he had told he had been threatened with capital punishment.In light of existing information on the situation in Bangladesh, the request for asylum could not be considered clearly fraudulent and did not amount to an abuse of the right to seek asylum.Therefore, the request for asylum was not to be regarded as apparently unfounded according to section 34-1 of the Aliens' Act.The decision by the Ministry of the Interior was based on apparently incorrect application of the law.The decision was annulled and the request for asylum returned to the Ministry of the Interior.

26.3.1998 / 11.4.2007 / RHANSKI