Legal Opinion
Zeru v. Gonzales
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided September 19, 2007No. 06-1399, 06-2345PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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 hearings conducted over the course of almost five years, an Immigration Judge (IJ) found petitioners’ testimony to be not…
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