Mohamed

MEMORANDUM **

Amran Aden Mohamed and Saynals Aden Hassan, natives and citizens of Somalia, petition for review from the Board of Immigration Appeals’ (BIA) dismissal of their appeal from the Immigration Judge’s (IJ) denial of their application for asylum, withholding of deportation and relief under the Convention Against Torture. The IJ and BIA found that Mohamed failed to present credible evidence to support relief. Because the parties are familiar with the facts, we recite them only as necessary to this decision. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1252 (a)(1) and deny the petition for review.

Because the BIA conducted a de novo review, we review the decision of the BIA. Ghaly v. INS, 58 F.3d 1425, 1430 (9th Cir.1995). We review the credibility determination for substantial evidence and defer to credibility findings that are fairly supported by the record and supported by specific and cogent reasons for the rejection of the testimony. Pal v. INS, 204 F.3d 935 , 937 n. 2 (9th Cir.2000); Paredes-Urrestarazu v. INS, 36 F.3d 801, 817 (9th Cir.1994); Vilorio-Lopez v. INS, 852 F.2d 1137, 1141 (9th Cir.1988). The IJ and BIA gave specific, cogent reasons for rejecting…