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Political Asylum Applying for Asylum From the U.S. Government. Presenting the Strongest Case For Asylum. Proving Your Case For Asylum In the U.S. Winning Political Asylum For Immigrants From the Former Soviet Union. Christians From CIS Countries Often Entitled To Asylum. Many Jews From Former USSR Still Have Strong Case For Asylum. For Laid off H-1 Workers, Asylum May Be A Way To Stay In the U.S. New Repressive Law In Belarus May Justify Asylum Claims. New Repressive Law Proposed In Ukraine May Justify Asylum for Ukrainian Christians here in U.S. Asylum for Individuals Fearing Gangs in Central America  New Repressive Law Proposed In Ukraine May Justify Asylum for Ukrainian  Christians here in U.S.   A Committee of the Ukrainian Parliament has supported a repressive bill limiting the freedom of worship and religion in the Ukraine. If the Ukrainian parliament adopts the controversial religious law, that may provide a basis for asylum claims by Ukrainian Christians here in the U.S. Persecution and harassment of Ukrainian Baptists and Pentecostals is widespread; soon it may be supported by law.   Christian churches of Ukraine have addressed the Ukrainian Parliament and asked them to not support the proposed law for the reason that it limits freedom of worship. However the position of the Ukrainian churches on the given question actually was ignored by the Ukrainian People's Deputies. The Parliament is under strong pressure from the State committee of Ukraine on affairs of religions. Seven of ten deputies on the committee voted in support of the bill. Soon, the bill will be considered at a plenary session of the Ukrainian Parliament.   The proposed law would constitute an enormous reversal of present policy governing freedom of religion in Ukraine. Approval of the bill could result in irreversible consequences and significant deterioration of religious freedom. Because the new law expands opportunities of the authorities and officials at their own discretion to interfere with lawful activity of the religious organizations, this comprises a real threat for Christians in Ukraine.   If adopted, this new repressive law would open the door for persons from Ukraine who are Pentecostal Christians, Baptists and other non-Orthodox Christians to present a justifiable claim for asylum in the U.S. The persecution of Ukrainian Christians is well-documented. Now if supported by law, the argument for asylum becomes even stronger. If a person from Ukraine can show he belongs to this class of individuals - the non-Orthodox Christian religious minority in Ukraine- he may have a good case for asylum.   WARNING: The following is article discussing legal issues. It is not intended to be a substitute for legal advice. We recommend that you get competent legal advice specific to your case. If you would like such advice from our office, call (415) 777-4445 or (916) 349-2900 or (408) 993-9737.