Grigoryan

MEMORANDUM

Petitioner Anna Grigoryan, a native and citizen of Armenia, seeks review of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) decision denying her application for asylum, withholding of removal, and the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). This court has jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 , and reviews for substantial evidence, INS v. Elias-Zacarias, 502 U.S. 478, 481 , 112 S.Ct. 812 , 117 L.Ed.2d 38 (1992).

The record compels a finding that Grigoryan has a well-founded fear of persecution based on a protected ground. Grigoryan’s credible testimony demonstrates that she has a subjective fear of persecution. She also has an objectively reasonable fear of persecution. See Cordon-Garcia v. INS, 204 F.3d 985, 990 (9th Cir.2000). Grigoryan experienced substantial harm in Armenia after she began working with Shitak, an Armenian human rights organization; she was threatened, insulted, vandalized, and ultimately attacked in an underground subway. Past “threats and violence” are indicative of Grigoryan’s “individualized risk of experiencing similar mistreatment” were she to return to Armenia. Hoxha v. Ashcroft, 319 F.3d 1179, 1184 (9th Cir.2003). Grigoryan has continued to be threatened…