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· 4/12/2024

CATOOSA COUNTY REPUBLICAN PARTY v. STEVEN M. HENRY

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  • concluding that an asylum claim based on general civil strife or random violence is not sufficient to demonstrate a well-founded fear of persecution
  • recognizing that a claim based solely on general civil strife or widespread random violence is not sufficient to establish an objective fear of future persecution
  • concluding that an asylum claim based on general civil strife or widespread random violence is not sufficient to demonstrate a well-founded fear of persecution
  • concluding that an asylum claim based on general civil strife or random violence is not sufficient to demonstrate a well-founded fear of persecution
  • holding that knife wounds sustained by petitioner during an Azeri attack on the Armenian residents of a border town was “an act of random vio- lence during a period of significant strife” despite a recognition “that old animosities between Azeris and Armenians still exist”
  • determining petitioners did not show past persecution where they “did not establish that the [knife] attack was anything more than an act of random violence during a period of significant strife”

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