Dokument #1029863
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Autor)
The editor of the Malawi Action Committee
newsletter (which will be made available to the Documentation
Centre upon publication) informed the IRBDC that the Malawi Action
Committee is a group of Malawian exiles in Canada and United States
which was formed on 4 April 1992 (6 Aug. 1992). Previously, these
people had worked in small groups to lobby governments and
international organizations to make them aware of human rights
abuses in Malawi. Several of their members contributed to the
Africa Watch report on Malawi, Where Silence Rules (October
1990), one of the few human rights reports on the situation in
Malawi. (Ibid.)
The Malawi Action Committee, which is in
the process of incorporating, has offices in both United States and
Canada. Officers of the Committee represent both countries equally.
To date, the Committee has sent a delegate to the Paris meetings of
the World Bank (See Inter Press Service 13 May 1992) and has made
representations to the House of Representatives in the United
States (Ibid.). The attached two Inter Press stories
describe the Malawi Action Committee as "non-partisan" (14 May
1992) and "a lobby group representing exiled Malawians in the
United States and Canada" (13 May 1992).
The IRBDC is unable to corroborate this
information at the present time.
Inter Press Service. 13 May 1992.
"Malawi: Creditors Condition Aid on Democratization, Human Rights".
(NEXIS)
Inter Press Service. 14 May 1992.
"Malawi: Exiles Anxious to Return Home." (NEXIS)
Malawi Action Committee. 6 August 1992.
Telephone Interview with Representative.
Inter Press Service. 13 May 1992.
"Malawi: Creditors Condition Aid on Democratization, Human Rights".
(NEXIS)
Inter Press Service. 14 May 1992.
"Malawi: Exiles Anxious to Return Home." (NEXIS)