Italian Supreme Court dismisses asylum claim where applicant failed to prove well-founded fear of persecution.

The Corte di Cassazione dismissed the asylum application filed by the applicant who alleged persecution based on political opinion. The applicant argued that Italian authorities failed to adequately assess the credibility of their testimony regarding threats in their home country. The court ruled that the domestic administrative body had correctly applied the legal standard requiring a well-founded fear of persecution, which the applicant could not substantiate with sufficient evidence.