Although Dedja presented some evidence describing incidents of violence perpetuated against individuals involved in Democratic Party in the immediate aftermath of the elections, that evidence does not compel us to reach a conclusion contrary to that of the agency in light of his testimony that he had no problems when the party was previously in power. See Manzur, 494 F.3d at 289. Because Dedja was unable to show the objective likelihood of persecution needed to make out an asylum claim, he was necessarily unable to meet the higher standard required to succeed on his claims for withholding of removal and CAT relief where those claims were based upon the same factual predicate. See Paul v. Gonzales, 444 F.3d 148, 156 (2d Cir.2006); Kyaw Zwar Tun v. INS, 445 F.3d 554, 567 (2d Cir.2006) (<HOLDING>). For the foregoing reasons, the petition for
holding that something more than a mere error of law is required to constitute misconduct holding something more than denial of receipt is required holding that torture is something more severe than the kind of treatment that would suffice to prove persecution holding that probable cause is something more than mere suspicion holding that to constitute persecution harm must be more than harassment