Wednesday, May 11, 2011

an activist from the Central African Republic #2

The Asylum Officer asked:
-did your interpreter read the blue sheet back to you, in your language?
Who read your asylum application back to you, in your language?
Who helped you prepare the application?
You have two children? where does each one live; what does each one do?
Tell me about your father: where does he work?
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why are there errors on page 4?
You made mistakes on page 4? why?
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when did you join the opposition party?
why join it?
what is its platform? what are its goals? what were its plans?
Did your party make any concrete plans, or just sit around and talk for several hours?
Did a friend invite you to join?
what motivated you to join?
How did you hear about the party?
What were your activities?
You say you attended meetings. Does that mean you sat in a chair, in silence, and listened to others talk?
What was the purpose of the meeting? what was the plan of action?
Who led the meetings?
did that person write you a letter of support?
where were the meeting held? how many attended them?
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what is a difference between your government and your opposition party?
What was the day of the week when you were arrested?
When did you decide that you would protest in early June? the day before, or one week before?
How did you get to the protest? walk? take a bus?
Did you go there alone, or did you travel with someone?
You say that you protested. What did you do, that a movie camera would record?
you walked in the street? carried a large placard, or walked near to someone else who carried the large placard? did you say words out loud? did you chant? sing? what words did you say?
What time did the protest start? what time did the police arrive?
How did your father find out that you had been arrested?
Two guards began to hit you? why?
Had you seen them before that day?
what were they wearing? what did they say to you?
what did they say to each other?

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