an activist from Ethiopia

The Asylum Officer asked:
-show me your passport! did you photocopy each page of your passport?
Tell me about all of your international travel: where did you go, why, how long, what was your status in each country; how come you did not apply for asylum in each country?
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Tell me about each member of your family: where are they, why not here in USA, did they suffer physical harm? emotional harm? economic harm?
1] your husband: did he suffer any a] physical harm; b] emotional harm; c] economic harm?
2] your oldest child?
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You stood on the sidewalk in front of your Embassy in Washington DC, holding a large sign criticizing your government, and you chanted slogans, criticizing your government?
-did anyone inside the Embassy notice you? did anyone look out of the window?
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You say your government knows you, because you protested in front of your Embassy? If so, why don't they punish or harm you? why don't they punish or harm your husband?
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What is the ethnic group of the leader of your country?
what is your ethnic group? how does his group feel about your group?
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what is the religion of the leader? what is your religion? how does he feel about your religion?
Is your ethnic group important to your asylum claim? How?
is your religion important to your asylum claim? how?
How do you feel about your government?
Why are you against your government?
What were your political activities in your country?
Where did you distribute pamphlets?
Did any of your political activities in your country come to the attention of your governemnt? How? how do you know that? does anyone agree with you?
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what did you do, to get the attention of your government, in your country?
What does "a photo is worth 1,000 words" mean?
What does your government spend money on? what do you think your government should spend money on?
What have you done, politically, in your country, to get you into trouble in your country?
Where were you at the moment of your arrest?
What words did the soldiers say?
Where did they take you? what words did they say in that building?
Why were you released? what did they say to you, on the day of your release?
What was the motive of the government? why did they target you?
What was the worst thing that happened to you inside the prison?