US: immigration court allows Zambian woman's asylum claim based on HIV infection.
On 9 February 2004, the federal Immigration Court ruled that a Zambian woman can stay in the US because her HIV-positive status gives her a well-founded fear of persecution in Zambia. The court found that she would face severe and lethal discrimination in the public health clinics and in the employment sector and that the Zambian government is unwilling or unable to control this persecution.
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D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections; D006801:Humans; D012036:Refugees / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014481:United States; D015024:Zambia / Q000208:ethnology