Glanton v. New York Hospital

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• concluding that, although the respondent did not show a possibility of future persecution because the cultural revolution in China had ended, forcing him to return to China would be inhumane
• holding that petitioner, who with his family members suffered persistent and severe persecution throughout the Cultural Revolution as a result of their religious beliefs, was entitled to asylum on humanitarian grounds
• holding that persons who “suffered under atrocious forms of persecution” should not be expected to repatriate even if there is little threat of future persecution
• concluding that, although the respondent did not show a possibility of future persecution because the cultural revolution in China had ended, forcing him to return to China would be inhumane
• determining that an alien may have suffered such atrocious forms of persecution by a former regime that it would be inhumane to require the alien to return to his home country “even if there is little likelihood of future persecution”
• granting asylum for humanitarian reasons to an alien who had suffered permanent and crippling injuries as a result of persecution

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).