The Asylum Officer asked:
-how did you manage to leave your country? you needed a passport, visa, and airline tickets.
-How did you get each one? you yourself get it, or someone else?
Who set up the interview at the US Embassy in Yaounde?
who answered the visa questions?
who obtained your passport? when? how?
ACTIVITIES HERE IN USA
you have strong political opinions? so strong that your government hates you?
So, you continued your activity here in the USA? why not?
Does your government know about any of your activities here in the USA?
how do you know that they know?
does your government care about your activities here in USA?
how do you know that?
Are you afraid to return? why?
Since you have been here in USA, has your government talked to anyone in your family?
Is there anything else?
Oh, you received a letter from your father? where is the envelope this letter came in?
Is there anything else?
Why did you draw pictures of your jail cell?
who says that "a picture is worth 1,000 words"?
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
SCNC activist from Cameroon #5
The Asylum Officer did not get tired of asking questions:
-You say there was a protest in May 2008? what did you see with your own eyes?
people were standing? sitting? talking? walking? what did you see? what did you hear?
-At the moment of your arrest, where were you? sitting on a chair in the basement? lying on your bed in your room? walking on Main street?
when the officer touched you, did he say anything? in what language?
did he have any weapons? what weapons did you see?
what weapons did he actually use on you?
Why were you arrested?
why did the officer hit you?
How were you treated inside the prison?
the older guards did not hit you as hard as the younger guards?
did you suffer any emotional harm?
what words did the guard say? how did that make you feel?
when you saw the guard walk into your cell with the club, what thoughts went through your mind?
how did you get released? what was the conversation as you left the prison?
After release, where did you go? how did you travel? by foot? bus? train?
You say you were beaten badly in the prison? So, why didn't you see a doctor in Cameroon? why did n't you see a doctor in the USA?
Why were you imprisoned?
did anyone ever tell you why you were arrested?
-You say there was a protest in May 2008? what did you see with your own eyes?
people were standing? sitting? talking? walking? what did you see? what did you hear?
-At the moment of your arrest, where were you? sitting on a chair in the basement? lying on your bed in your room? walking on Main street?
when the officer touched you, did he say anything? in what language?
did he have any weapons? what weapons did you see?
what weapons did he actually use on you?
Why were you arrested?
why did the officer hit you?
How were you treated inside the prison?
the older guards did not hit you as hard as the younger guards?
did you suffer any emotional harm?
what words did the guard say? how did that make you feel?
when you saw the guard walk into your cell with the club, what thoughts went through your mind?
how did you get released? what was the conversation as you left the prison?
After release, where did you go? how did you travel? by foot? bus? train?
You say you were beaten badly in the prison? So, why didn't you see a doctor in Cameroon? why did n't you see a doctor in the USA?
Why were you imprisoned?
did anyone ever tell you why you were arrested?
SCNC activist from Cameroon #4
The Asylum Officer asked:
-when did you first learn about the SCNC?
did you support it? why?
is the SCNC legal?
does the SCNC have an office in Cameroon? where?
how does it do business if it has no office?
Does the SCNC have a flag? can you draw a picture of it?
Why does the flag have ten stars? doesn't the SCNC want to secede?
If you walked up to a police officer, and said, "I am a member of the SCNC, what would happen?"
Is the SCNC legal? [did you remember that I asked that same question five minutes ago?]
Can the SCNC march legally?
is it legal for the SCNC to have meetings?
What does Biya think about the SCNC and about secession?
What do newspapers say about the SCNC?
What do the French-language newspapers say?
what do the English-language newspapers say?
Does mere membership in the SCNC mean you get arrested?
Is the SCNC legal?
Are there statutes which outlaw the SCNC?
do you know what the word "statutes" means?
if you don't know, why do you answer with such confidence?
Did you ever do anything to support the SCNC?
Besides sitting in a chair at a meeting, did you ever DO anything?
did you ever DO anything that a movie camera could record?
Did you stand on the sidewalk, and hand out pamphlets when people walked by?
did you march in a parade and chant slogans?
Did you walk down the street, knock on doors, and ask for money?
Did you sit at a desk and make phone calls or send emails?
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did you join the SCNC?
How did you join?
When you joined, where were you?
what did you do to join? sign your name to a piece of paper, pay money?
Was there a ceremony?
were you interviewed before you joined?
Can anyone join? could a member of Paul Biya's family join, and no one would know?
Did any of your friends join? Tell me three names.
After you joined, what were your activities?
Tell me all of your activities.
It sounds like you paid a little money, you sat on a chair in a room when other people talked, and that you did nothing else? is that true? Tell me all of your activities. If you did not really do anything, then say so.
-when did you first learn about the SCNC?
did you support it? why?
is the SCNC legal?
does the SCNC have an office in Cameroon? where?
how does it do business if it has no office?
Does the SCNC have a flag? can you draw a picture of it?
Why does the flag have ten stars? doesn't the SCNC want to secede?
If you walked up to a police officer, and said, "I am a member of the SCNC, what would happen?"
Is the SCNC legal? [did you remember that I asked that same question five minutes ago?]
Can the SCNC march legally?
is it legal for the SCNC to have meetings?
What does Biya think about the SCNC and about secession?
What do newspapers say about the SCNC?
What do the French-language newspapers say?
what do the English-language newspapers say?
Does mere membership in the SCNC mean you get arrested?
Is the SCNC legal?
Are there statutes which outlaw the SCNC?
do you know what the word "statutes" means?
if you don't know, why do you answer with such confidence?
Did you ever do anything to support the SCNC?
Besides sitting in a chair at a meeting, did you ever DO anything?
did you ever DO anything that a movie camera could record?
Did you stand on the sidewalk, and hand out pamphlets when people walked by?
did you march in a parade and chant slogans?
Did you walk down the street, knock on doors, and ask for money?
Did you sit at a desk and make phone calls or send emails?
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did you join the SCNC?
How did you join?
When you joined, where were you?
what did you do to join? sign your name to a piece of paper, pay money?
Was there a ceremony?
were you interviewed before you joined?
Can anyone join? could a member of Paul Biya's family join, and no one would know?
Did any of your friends join? Tell me three names.
After you joined, what were your activities?
Tell me all of your activities.
It sounds like you paid a little money, you sat on a chair in a room when other people talked, and that you did nothing else? is that true? Tell me all of your activities. If you did not really do anything, then say so.
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
SCNC activist from Cameroon #3
The Asylum Officer asked these questions of another SCNC activist from Cameroon:
-are you afraid to return to your country? why?
if you did go back, what would happen? why would you be put into prison?
What is your political opinion?
you arrived here in USA in January; why did you wait until December to apply for asylum?
YOUR PASSPORT
when did you apply for it? when was it issued? did you go yourself to get it? did you pick it up in person? when did you first get your passport into your hand?
When does it expire? where have you traveled? what does each stamp inside your passport mean? is this your first passport? did you apply at another time for a passport?
YOUR VISA : did you fill out a form to get your visa? did you answer lots of questions? what did you say was your reason for wanting to come to the USA? did you tell the truth?
At your visa interview, what did they ask you? did the man ask why you wanted to come to USA? did he ask how long you planned to stay? did he ask when you planned to return? did you buy a round-trip airplane ticket? did you tell the truth?
-did you ever apply for a visa before this time?
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please draw a map of Cameroon! where is "Southern" Cameroon? where is the village of Tiko?
what language did you speak at home?
what language was your schooling in?
How are Anglophones mis-treated in Cameroon?
What is your view of secession? is it a good idea, or a bad idea? why?
Do French-speaking people act differently from you? how?
-are you afraid to return to your country? why?
if you did go back, what would happen? why would you be put into prison?
What is your political opinion?
you arrived here in USA in January; why did you wait until December to apply for asylum?
YOUR PASSPORT
when did you apply for it? when was it issued? did you go yourself to get it? did you pick it up in person? when did you first get your passport into your hand?
When does it expire? where have you traveled? what does each stamp inside your passport mean? is this your first passport? did you apply at another time for a passport?
YOUR VISA : did you fill out a form to get your visa? did you answer lots of questions? what did you say was your reason for wanting to come to the USA? did you tell the truth?
At your visa interview, what did they ask you? did the man ask why you wanted to come to USA? did he ask how long you planned to stay? did he ask when you planned to return? did you buy a round-trip airplane ticket? did you tell the truth?
-did you ever apply for a visa before this time?
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please draw a map of Cameroon! where is "Southern" Cameroon? where is the village of Tiko?
what language did you speak at home?
what language was your schooling in?
How are Anglophones mis-treated in Cameroon?
What is your view of secession? is it a good idea, or a bad idea? why?
Do French-speaking people act differently from you? how?
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