Plight of Afghan judges in spotlight as court hears UK asylum challenge

Three judicial reviews of Afghans who face 'real risk to life' could force wholesale Home Office rethink Alleged inconsistencies in the way the UK Home Office and Foreign Office process asylum applications from vulnerable judges in hiding in Afghanistan are being challenged at the high court in London on Tuesday. Three judicial reviews are being brought on behalf of a male judge and a female judge who have had their applications for asylum rejected, and a prominent female women's rights activist...