Tuesday, October 28, 2014

an activist from Sudan

The asylum officer asked:
-who prepared your application?
-can you answer each question on page one of I-589?
Can you answer each question on page four?
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So, you did health education for women in your country?
Why do you care about this subject? when did you first get interested?
Why is this important to you?
Why does the government dislike this subject?
When did you start working in this area?
why did you decide to work for them, instead of some other organization?
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What did  you do in your job? [what would a movie camera record you doing?]
what did you tell people? pretend I am a woman in a village. What would you say to me?
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were you harmed in your country? how/when/why?
  OK, in 2006, you were detained for three hours, but what was the harm? did you suffer emotional harm at this time?
Did  you suffer physical harm? were you hit or slapped or punched?
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  OK, in 2012, you were detained again for 6 hours. any physical harm? any hitting?
What words did the guard say?
what language did he speak in?
What thoughts went thru your mind when he said those things?
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Why did you depart from your country?
What was your plan?
when did you decide, "I shall live in USA forever, and never return to my country"?
Why does  your government hate United Nations workers?
were any similarly-situated persons [i.e. other UN workers] harmed?
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after your arrival here in USA, did government look for you? why?
What were your public activities here in USA?
Did  your family suffer any harm, since you left?
you had problems in City #1 and #2. OK, so why not live in #3?
Is there anything else?