victim of gang violence in El Salvador

The government lawyer asked:
1] tell me about your immigration history
2] tell me about each member of your family: where she lives, her job, her immigration history; if she is similarly-situated to you, how come she has not suffered any harm?
3] have you ever been arrrested?
4] why do you fear returning to your country?
5] after you suffered harm, did you report it to the police? why not?
6] do you know your exact history, or have you forgotten it?
7] you say the gang was angry at you? you worked in the same office for five years? how come the gang was unable to contact you at your office?
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8] compare your life now, here in USA, versus your life in your country: did you own your home? own a car? were you able to take vacations?
9] what did your brother tell you about his problems?
10] what did your sister tell you about her problems?
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11] you had problems in City #1; OK, so why not move, and live in City #2? how would they find you in City #2?
12] why didn't you report your problems to the police?

more questions to the activist from Cameroon

The government lawyer continues with more questions of the activist from Cameroon:

10] what is your ethnic group? what is the ethnic group of Paul Biya?
11] do people believe you are a Bamileke by your last name?
12] at the SCNC meetings you attended, what did they tell you? what are your dues used for?
13] who spoke at your last meeting? what did he talk about?
14] did you telephone anyone, asking them to join or to contribute money to SCNC?
15] did you say something at the last meeting, or did you just sit there in silence?
16] what is the Unrepresented Nations Political Organization?
17] who is Justice Ebong? is he a renegade?
18] do you know anyone who protested here in USA, who then returned to his country, but was NOT arrested?
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19] I see that Mr. Smith wrote a two-page letter of support for you. did you read it?
did your lawyer read it? do you understand what the Smith letter says?

an activist from Cameroon

The government lawyer asked many questions of the activist from Cameroon:

1] you became politically active only AFTER you were denied asylum by the Asylum Office?
You were not active before? you were not active back in your home country?
2] why did you become a member of the SCNC? What does "SCNC" stand for?
3] how and where did you first learn about it?
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4]you say you protested in front of the Cameroon Embassy in Wash DC, and that Embassy staff took your photo? so what? you say your photo was then sent back to Cameroon, and that now the government knows you protested here in USA, and that now your government is angry at you? Why do you think that?

5] tell me the name of one person who protested in front of the Cameroon Embassy, who then returned to Cameroon and then was arrested!

6] who is Justice Mbuh? was he arrested in September 2009? why was he arrested?

7] did you really attend SCNC meetings here in USA? what was the address of the meetings? how did you get to the meetings? walk? drive/metro? how long does it take to walk to the metro? how long from the metro to the meeting?

8] do you have any photos of yourself at the meetings? do you have even one letter from a person who saw you at a meeting?

9] did you do "fund raising" here in USA? what does that mean? what did you do?