Legal Opinion
Zhou Ji Ni v. Holder
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 25, 2011No. 10-1691PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLAUM, Circuit Judge.
Nearly three decades ago, Chinese authorities detained Zhou Ji Ni’s parents for three days. Like him, Ni’s parents were Christians. They experienced firsthand the Chinese government’s unease with the notion of an authority higher than it. For the three days that Ni’s parents were held, authorities beat and threatened them on account of their religious beliefs.
The base treatment that his parents suffered is dated, however, as the incident occurred in roughly 1982, several years before Ni came to America. Relying on the incident, as well as a handful of others, Ni contends…
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