OSAKA -- An Afghan man suing the Japanese government for not granting him refugee status testified before the Osaka District Court on Friday of the cruelty inflicted upon him and his family by the ruling Taliban in his home country.
The district court is holding an inquiry into the case of Ghulam Hussain, 48, a member of the ethnic minority group Hazara, which has a history of participating in activities against the Islamic fundamentalist movement.
Hussain filed the suit in February 2000 demanding that the Osaka Regional Immigration Bureau nullify an earlier decision not to recognize him as a political refugee, arguing that authorities failed to thoroughly review his application.