1. The plaintiff's claim is dismissed.

2. The costs of lawsuit shall be borne by the Plaintiff.

1. Details of the disposition;

A. The Plaintiff entered the Republic of Korea on April 5, 2015 with a foreigner of the nationality of the Republic of Egypt (hereinafter “Egypt”), and applied for refugee status to the Defendant on June 16, 2015, after entering the Republic of Korea as a tourism channel (B-2) sojourn status.

B. On September 22, 2015, the Defendant issued a disposition to recognize refugee status (hereinafter “instant disposition”) on the ground that the Plaintiff cannot be deemed as having “a well-founded fear that the Plaintiff would suffer from persecution” as stipulated in Article 1 of the Convention on the Status of Refugees (hereinafter “Refugee”) and Article 1 of the Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees (hereinafter “Refugee Protocol”).

C. The Plaintiff appealed to the Minister of Justice on October 20, 2015, but the said objection was dismissed on May 31, 2016.

[Ground of recognition] Facts without dispute, Gap 3, 4 evidence, Eul 1 and 2 evidence, the purport of the whole pleadings

2. Whether the disposition is lawful;

A. The Plaintiff’s assertion was prosecuted on the ground that the Plaintiff participated in the demonstration and was sentenced to a five-year punishment.

In the event that the plaintiff returned to his own country, the disposition of this case, which did not recognize the plaintiff as a refugee, is unlawful despite the possibility of persecution for the above reasons.

B. In full view of the provisions of Article 2 subparag. 1 and Article 18 of the Refugee Act, Article 1 of the Refugee Convention, and Article 1 of the Refugee Protocol, foreigners who, owing to a well-founded fear of persecution for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group, or political opinion, are unable or do not want to be protected by the country of nationality, or who, owing to such fear, is unable or does not want to return to the country of nationality, or who, owing to such fear, resided in the country of nationality, must be recognized as a refugee, and “persecution” which is the requirement for recognition of refugee status includes threats to life, body, or freedom.