Baghdasaryan v. Holder

How courts have described this case

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• concluding that petitioner suffered harm due to his political opinion when militia beat him and accused him of “raising his head” against a corrupt government official
• holding that in order to establish past persecution, a petitioner must demonstrate that “the persecution was committed by the government, or by forces that the government was unable or unwilling to control.”
• stating that an applicant bears the burden of proving that past treatment rises to the level of persecution
• stating that an applicant who alleges past persecution bears the burden of proving that the treatment rises to the level of persecution
• explaining that a successful asylum claim must show persecution on account of a protected ground
• explaining that our precedent has applied both de novo and substantial evidence review to nexus determinations where an applicant is deemed credible

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