The First Circuit has remanded a claim for protection under the Convention Against Torture, finding that harm inflicted was severe enough to constitute torture. “The assailants not only beat Hernandez-Martinez senseless; they also sliced his waist with a knife and intentionally burned the flesh on his foot as they repeated their threats, sending him unconscious to a hospital where he remained for three to four days.”

The full text of Hernandez-Martinez v. Garland can be found here:

http://media.ca1.uscourts.gov/pdf.opinions/21-1448P-01A.pdf

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