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The High Court refused judicial review of a decision by the International Protection Appeals Tribunal refusing refugee status or subsidiary protection. The decision was based on negative credibility findings regarding the applicant's knowledge of the Jehovah's Witness faith, which he claimed to have converted to, and the lack of detail in his account of alleged persecution.
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