Tag: political asylum

Former Pakistani lawmaker seeks political asylum in India

He was a part of Prime Minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party (PTI) and cited that Hindu and Sikh leaders are being persecuted there.

September 10, 2019

Seeking asylum abroad can’t be reason for denying passport: Delhi HC

Authorities cannot deny passport to an Indian citizen merely because he or she has applied for asylum in a foreign country, the Delhi High Court has said. The observation by a bench of justices S Ravindra Bhat and Sanjeev Sachdeva came on an appeal by the Centre against a single judge order quashing the government’s …

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January 14, 2018

Choose between Ankara and alleged coup plotters: Turkey PM to Germany

Turkey's prime minister said on Tuesday that Germany must decide between its friendship with Ankara and alleged coup plotters, after Berlin granted political asylum to military officials with suspected links to last year's failed putsch. “Germany must decide on one thing: if it wants to further improve its relations with Turkey…, then it must turn …

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May 16, 2017