STILL MORE QUESTIONS POSED TO DRC ACTIVIST: 

your father knows you were in prison? so, how come he did not write a letter of support for you?Tell me in one sentence: why did you apply for asylum?Did you suffer any physical harm? tell me!Were you ever threatened?when you suffered physical harm, when he was hitting you, did he also threaten you?

where were you, at the moment of your arrest?how many other people were with you why were you protesting? were people chanting things? like what?what happened, the day or week before, that triggered the protest? did anyone see you get arrested? why didn’t that person write a letter of support?

were there protests before, and also after, elections? why?What words did the officer say to you?what weapons did he have? where on your body, did he hit you? The police took you where? what happened upon arrival? what kind of uniforms did they wear how were you transported from the place of arrest to the building? were you harmed before arrival at the building? you were detained how long

what happened on the day of your release? what did the guard say to you?

After that, when was the next time you were harmed? did you do any political activities in the last ten years? were you a member of any groups? how did people know how and when to show up for a protest?

Mr. Smith invited you to join the party? how did you meet him? what did he tell you?

what was the process, for you to join the party?

Tell me all of your international travel!

What does each stamp in your passport mean? does your passport know more about your travels than you do?

did you ever depart, and then return, to your country that you say is “dangerous”?

Did you even read the letters of support you gave to me? Do they have inconsistencies?

WHY DID YOU GIVE ME EVIDENCE TO CONTRADICT YOURSELF?

Can you read your own documents? do I, the officer, know more about your documents than you do? Is that embarrassing? [Do I think you are stupid? YES]

Are you guessing? Are you embarrassed to say “I don’t know”?

At the moment of your arrest, where were you? what did you see? what did you hear? what did you feel?

   I was inside my living room; I saw two officers; they were shouting; my legs hurt when they hit me with batons

They took you where? how did you get there?

upon arrival, what kind of room did they put you in? who else was there?

how long were you detained?

what thoughts went through your mind on the evening of the first day?