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Judicial review allowed; RAD unreasonably relied on selective country condition evidence to ground fraud findings.
The applicant sought judicial review of a Refugee Appeal Division (RAD) decision dismissing his appeal and confirming he is not a Convention refugee.
The RAD found the applicant's claim lacked credibility, particularly his central assertion of membership in a political party, based on inconsistencies between his documents and country condition evidence.
The Federal Court held the RAD's decision was unreasonable because it selectively relied on unclear objective evidence to ground serious findings of fraud without confronting the applicant.
The Court found no breach of procedural fairness, but allowed the application for judicial review and remitted the matter for redetermination.
