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. 23

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