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asylum seekers

Home office accepts rape ordeal as grounds for asylum

14 July 202314 June 1996

A Kurdish women raped by Turkish police has been given UK asylum. As reported in the Hampstead and Highgate Express in June 1996, the overturning of the Home Office’s original ruling was an important moment in legal history.

Categories Black Womens Rape Action Project, In the Media, Success story, Victories, WAR archives Tags Asylum from Rape, asylum seekers, Black Women's Rape Action Project, Legal Precedents

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