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ZERU v. GONZALES

Nos. 06-1399, 06-2345.

503 F.3d 59 (2007)

Minya K. ZERU and Russom B. Ghebrai, Petitioners, v. Alberto R. GONZALES, Attorney General of the United States, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided September 19, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard A. Silverman and Ross, Silverman & Levy LLP on brief for petitioners.

Jeanette Kain, Harvey Kaplan, and Kaplan, O'Sullivan & Friedman on brief, for Advocates for Survivors of Torture and Trauma et al., amici curiae.

Eric W. Marsteller, Attorney, Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, and M. Jocelyn Lopez Wright, Assistant Director, U.S. Department of Justice, on brief for respondent.

Before BOUDIN, Chief Judge, TORRUELLA and LYNCH, Circuit Judges.

LYNCH, Circuit Judge.

Petitioners Minya Zeru and her husband, Russom Ghebrai, both natives and citizens of Eritrea, applied for asylum on the basis of past persecution and a fear of future persecution. The petitioners premised their application on government harassment of Zeru due to her membership in an organization that advocated Eritrean independence when that country belonged to Ethiopia; the organization now opposes the incumbent Eritrean government. Following...

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