Dokument #1018502
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Autor)
Information on the above-mentioned topic
could not be found among the sources consulted by the DIRB.
However, please see the attachments for
information on the arrest and detention of members of a Nigerian
Shiite Muslim group and its leader, Ibrahim Yakub El Zagzaki, since
September 1996.
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
sources consulted in researching this Information Request.
Attachments
Agence France Presse. 13 September 1996.
"Leader of Shiite Fundamentalist Group Arrested." (NEXIS)
Deutsche Presse-Agentur. 15 July 1996.
BC Cycle. "Nigerian Military to Tackle Moslem Fundamentalists."
(NEXIS)
Radio Kudirat, Nigeria. 20 September
1996. "Opposition Radio Reports Soldiers in Kaduna Streets, over 50
Shot Dead." (BBC Summary 23 Sept. 1996/NEXIS)
Reuters North American Wire. 5 January
1997. BC Cycle. "Suspected Muslim Group Members Charged in
Nigeria." (NEXIS)
_____. 29 September 1996. BC Cycle.
"Nigerian Police Demolish Shiite Leader's House." (NEXIS)
The Washington Times. Final
Edition.19 December 1996. "Muslim Fundamentalists Charged in
Killings." (NEXIS)
Sources Consulted
Africa Confidential [London].
1996 to present.
Africa Research Bulletin
[London]. 1996 to present.
DIRB Indexed Media Review
[Ottawa]. 1996 to present.
DIRB Nigeria Country File. 1996 to
present.
DIRB Nigeria Human Rights Information
Package. 1996.
Foreign Broadcast Information Service
(FBIS) Daily Reports. 1996 to present.
Human Rights Watch World
Report. 1997.
Keesing's Record of World
Events [Cambridge]. 1996.
News from Africa Watch [New
York]. 1996.
West Africa [London]. 1996 to
present.
On-line search of media sources.