Dokument #1012069
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Autor)
For information on the treatment of Kurt
Kola, leader of the Association of Former Victims of Political
Persecution, please consult the 15 February 1997 Zeri i
Popullit (NEXIS) attachment, the 13 February 1997 Associated
Press attachment and the 14 February 1997 ATA attachment. For a
reference to the anticommunist Association of Former Victims of
Political Persecution, please consult the 8 February 1997 ATA
attachment. For information on state treatment of the National
Association of Former Victims of Political Persecution, please
consult the 15 February 1997 Zeri i Popullit (FBIS)
attachment. For additional information on the Association of Former
Victims of Political Persecution, please consult Response to
Information Request ALB22729.E of 16 February 1996. Information on
the redress available to Association members could not be found
among the sources consulted by the DIRB.
This Response was prepared after
researching publicly accessible information currently available to
the DIRB within time constraints. This Response is not, and does
not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular
claim to refugee status or asylum. Please find below the list of
additional sources consulted in researching this Information
Request.
Attachments
The Associated Press (AP). 13 February
1997. Merita Dhimgjoka. "Socialist Charged with Inciting Violence
as Protests Continue." (NEXIS)
ATA [Tirana, in English]. 14 February
1997. "Albania: Forum Leader Protests Violence by Political
Persecutees." (FBIS-EEU-97-033 14 Feb. 1997) [Internet] [Accessed
17 Apr. 1997]
_____. 8 February 1997. "Daily Says
Socialists Prepared for 'Physical Confrontation'." (BBC Summary 10
Feb. 1997/NEXIS)
Zeri i Populllit [Tirana, in
Albanian]. 15 February 1997. "Former Regime Victims Protest Berisha
'Fascist violence'." (FBIS-EEU-97-032 15 Feb. 1997) [Internet]
[Accessed 17 Apr. 1997]
_____. "Opposition on Probe into British
government Links with Albanian Leadership." (BBC Summary 18 Feb.
1997/NEXIS)
Additional Sources Consulted
Amnesty International Report.
Yearly.
CSCE Digest [Washington].
Monthly.
DIRB country file on Albania.
Foreign Broadcast Information Service
(FBIS) Daily Reports.
Human Rights Watch World
Report. Yearly.
News from Helsinki Watch [New
York]. Monthly.
Transition [Prague].
Monthly.
Uncaptive Minds [New York].
Quarterly.
On-lines search of media sources.
Unsuccessful attempts to contact oral
sources.