Shi v. U.S. Attorney General, No. 12-10997 (11th Cir. 2013)
Annotate this CasePetitioner, a Chinese national, sought review of the BIA's decision denying him asylum. Petitioner alleged that he had suffered past religious persecution on the basis of a 2002 incident, during which the police busted up a Christian church service in his father's home and arrested his father, who was the leader of the church, petitioner, and seven or eight other worshipers. At issue on appeal was whether petitioner's account, if true, compelled a finding of past persecution. In this case, the Chinese authorities subjected petitioner, over the course of seven days, to a wide variety of harms in a concerted effort to repress his religious exercise. Those disturbing circumstances convinced the court that, if petitioner's account was to be credited, the Chinese authorities persecuted petitioner on account of his religion. Therefore, the court reversed the BIA's determination that the conduct petitioner alleged did not amount to persecution. The court granted the petition for review, vacated, and remanded for further proceedings.
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