constitutes a change in country conditions, so does
it follow that an entirely new and overt act of
persecution directed at an individual—in this case,
the
denationalization
of
the
Petitioners—will
constitute a change in country conditions. Norani
v. Gonzales, 451 F.3d 292 (2d Cir. 2006).
The persecution suffered (and to be suffered)
by the Jourbinas through their denationalization is
of
a
different
order
and
magnitude
than
that
claimed in cases where the severity of harm has
increased
or
deteriorated.
Kazakh
where
country
Norani,
government
451
has
conditions
F.3d
292.
shifted
its
have
Here,
the
historic
persecution of ethnic and religious minorities to a
broader, more toxic, objective: the persecution of
those it considers and now deems non-Kazakh. This
animus
translates
into
persecutory
state
action
through the stripping of citizenship or the “right
to have rights” from those the government targets.
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