Abdul Hasem v. U.S. Attorney General


USCA11 Case: 21-10126 Date Filed: 12/17/2021 Page: 1 of 11 [DO NOT PUBLISH] In the United States Court of Appeals For the Eleventh Circuit ____________________ No. 21-10126 Non-Argument Calendar ____________________ ABUL HASEM, Petitioner, versus U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL, Respondent. ____________________ Petition for Review of a Decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals Agency No. A203-653-968 ____________________ USCA11 Case: 21-10126 Date Filed: 12/17/2021 Page: 2 of 11 2 Opinion of the Court 21-10126 Before LUCK, LAGOA, and TJOFLAT, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM: Abul Hasem seeks review of the Board of Immigration Ap- peals (“BIA”) order affirming the Immigration Judge’s (“IJ”) denial of his application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the United Nations Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (“CAT”), based on the finding that he was not credible. After careful review of the record, we affirm. I. Abul Hasem (“Hasem”), a native and citizen of Bangladesh, entered the United States without permission on June 19, 2019. On July 29, 2019, an asylum officer conducted a credible fear interview of Hasem. Hasem testified that he left Bangladesh because he had been attacked for political reasons. More specifically, he testified that in Bangladesh he used to participate in the Liberal Democratic Party (“LDP”) and that he had been attacked and threatened by members of the Awami League (“AL”). He testified that he was first attacked on November 20, 2017, while putting up party posters in front of the mall. He was ap- proached by a group of people who told him that “if you don’t leave LDP and join AL, you and your family will disappear.” They then beat him with bamboo sticks until he fell to the ground and was helped by people from his neighborhood. USCA11 Case: 21-10126 Date Filed: 12/17/2021 Page: 3 of 11 21-10126 Opinion of the Court 3 Hasem testified that he was once again attacked and threat- ened on March 10, 2018, as he was biking back from an LDP meet- ing. Six members of the AL hit him, caused him to fall off his bike, and then continued to hit him with sticks and bamboo for about thirty minutes. His attackers told him that “if you don’t leave LDP, we will kill you, we will destroy your family” and also told him that “this is not over” as they were leaving. Hasem testified that he was once again threatened on Janu- ary 25, 2019. This time Hasem was threatened while in a store and told that “this was [his] last warning.” He testified that he recog- nized three of the individuals threatening him and that they were well-known members of AL. Hasem testified that he had not reported the attacks or threats to the police because the police would not help him. As evidence of this, he recounted an incident where AL members — including individuals who had attacked him —had come onto his property and cut down his trees while the police stood there and did nothing. …

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