SCNC member from Cameroon #2

More Questions from the Asylum Officer:
-why does your government hate the SCNC?
-are you in favor of secession?
have you ever been detained or harmed? two arrests? at the time of arrest #1, what were you doing? sitting in a chair? walking on the sidewalk?
why did government arrest you?
at the time of your arrest, what did the officer say?
inside prison, were you mis-treated?
One officer hit you? with what weapon? what words did he say?
Why did he hit you?
what did you sleep on?
what food did you get each day?
What was the worst thing that happened to you in prison?
how did you get out of prison? what did the guard say at the time of your release?
Where did you go, immeditately after being released from prison? did you walk there? take a bus? a friend gave you a ride in his car?
What advice did your father give you? why, according to him, was it a good idea for you to leave your country?
What did your mother say? According to her, what should you do? why did she believe that?
When you hid in the small house, what did you do all day? just sit and look at the walls?
When was your passport issued? how? did you yourself go into government office and get it?
When was visa issued? did you walk into the Embassy of the USA yourself? did you bring a photograph? fill out a form? did the man ask you what your plan was, concerning your visit to the USA? what did you say?
did you tell the truth? did you tell any lies? not even one lie?
Did you have any problems leaving the country? at the Yaounde airport, no problems?
did anyone pay a bribe to anyone at the airport?
Did anyone at the prison in Douala give information to the man at the Yaounde airport about you? if so, did the man at the airport read the information? did he care who was leaving from the airport?
When did you get this letter from your uncle? how did you receive it? where is the envelope it came in?
What is your opinion about Cameroon in general?
Is it OK if I photocopy the envelope? is it ok if I photocopy each page of your passport?
When you saw the guard with the belt, what was the first thing that came into your mind?
Later, what thoughts went through your mind?
Is there anything else? yes, there is? what?
Why do you fear your government?
are they still looking for you?
why do you think they are still interested in you? are you important? are you a big shot?
If your government hates you so much, how come no problems at the airport?
In the government of Cameroon, is there a "bureaucratic lag"? i.e. it takes time from information to go from an officer in city #1 to another officer in city #2? even if the info is sent to officer #2, does #2 actually read it and remember your name?
Is there anything else? Yes? what?
what is your opinion about Paul Biya?
is there anything else?
Why did you wait 11 months to apply for asylum? why the big delay?

SCNC member from Cameroon

The Asylum Officer asked:
Show me your ID/passport! can you repeat page one of Form I-589? page four?
Are you afraid to return to your country? why? whom do you fear?
why do you fear your government?
is your government still looking for you today? how do you know that? who says?
why were you in prison?
why were you arrested?
what have you done, which angers your government?
are you politically active here in the USA? why not?
were you harmed inside prison? what kind of harm? what kind of physical harm? what kind of emotional harm? what kind of economic harm?
do you have a political opinion?
why did you join the SCNC? when
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is the SCNC legal? is it one-half legal?
-the government allows the SCNC to do somethings, but not others?
can you draw a map of Cameroon for me? where do the Anglophones live, mostly?
-are you an Anglophone? do you also speak French?
what do you have to do, to join the SCNC? file out a form and pay money? or what?
what did you do, in the year 2005, to join?
did you go to an office, and pay money?
what were your activities for the SCNC?
is it legal to carry SCNC signs on the sidewalk?
what was your first activity for the SCNC>
Besides attend meetings, did you do anything? did you do anything useful? like what?
You say you gave 30-minute lectures to prospective members. What else did you do?
you say you went to picnics? did the government interfere with the picnics?
did the government interfere with your lectures?
did the government know about the picnics and lectures?
did the government interfere in any activities of the SCNC?