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Kadri v. Mukasey

Pending • Immigration • Amicus

GLAD joined an amicus brief in this immigration/asylum case at the US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. The case involves an Indonesian doctor, Zulkifly Kadri, who was fired from his position at a…

Kadri v. Mukasey

GLAD joined an amicus brief in this immigration/asylum case at the US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. The case involves an Indonesian doctor, Zulkifly Kadri, who was fired from his position at a clinic and ostracized at a hospital where he worked when rumors spread that he is gay. Now in the United States, he has sought asylum based on past persecution in his home country, as well as his fear of future persecution should he be required to return to Indonesia. Kadri's application for asylum was initially granted in 2005, but that finding was subsequently overturned by the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), partially on the grounds that “closeted homosexuality” is tolerated in Indonesia and, therefore, that Kadri could avoid persecution by hiding the fact that he is gay. GLAD worked with Attorney Ilana Greenstein on a portion of the amicus brief demonstrating that the BIA's assertion that a person must hide something fundamental to his or her nature - such as sexual orientation - as a valid alternative to refugee protection violates both domestic and international law.

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GLAD Joins Amicus Brief in Immigration/Asylum Case

April 30, 2008

GLAD has joined an amicus brief in an immigration/asylum case at the US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit authored by Attorney Ilana Greenstein and the law firm of Kaplan, O’Sullivan & Friedman LLP on behalf of GLAD and the National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers’ Guild. The case, Kadri v. Mukasey, involves an Indonesian gay man, Zulkifly Kadri, a doctor who was fired from his position at a clinic and ostracized at a hospital where he worked when rumors spread that he is gay....

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