Singh

*85 MEMORANDUM **

Gurdarshan Singh, a native and citizen of India, petitions for review of a decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”) dismissing his appeal of an immigration judge’s (“IJ”) denial of his application for asylum and withholding of removal. We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252 (a). We review for substantial evidence the BIA’s credibility findings, Osorio v. INS, 99 F.3d 928, 931 (9th Cir.1996), and denial of an asylum claim, Chand v. INS, 222 F.3d 1066, 1073 (9th Cir.2000). We grant the petition for review, and remand.

The BIA’s finding regarding Singh’s credibility is unclear, and not supported by substantial evidence. See, e.g., Salaam v. INS, 229 F.3d 1234, 1238 (9th Cir.2000).

The BIA’s conclusion that, even assuming that Singh testified credibly, his claim nevertheless failed on grounds of changed country conditions is not supported by substantial evidence. The evidence of country conditions relied upon by the BIA did not rule out the individualized circumstances of alleged persecution testified to by Singh. The BIA referred to changes between the early 1990s and 1997 that showed “greatly improved” conditions in the Punjab and “now reflect a…