Dokument #1058889
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Autor)
Information regarding the government's treatment of forcibly recruited members of the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) could not be found among the sources consulted by the Research Directorate. The editor of Sierra Leone Web-a Website containing current and archived news reports from Western news wire services, the United Nations and the Sierra Leone government-said, in correspondence with the Research Directorate, that he had not heard of any incidents involving the government's treatment of forcibly recruited ex-combatants (27 Nov. 2003).
This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the Research Directorate 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.
Reference
Editor, Sierra Leone Web (SLW). 27
November 2003. Correspondence.
Additional Sources Consulted
Dialog
IRB Databases
Unsuccessful attempts to contact the
Freetown offices of the Campaign for Good Governance and Search for
Common Ground.
Internet sites, including:
Africa Online
AllAfrica.com
Amnesty International
BBC Africa
Campaign for Good Governance
Centre for Democracy and Development
Conciliation Resources
Global IDP
Human Rights Watch
Integrated Regional Information Networks
(IRIN)
International Christian Concern
(ICC)
International Crisis Group (ICG),
Freetown/Brussels. 2 September 2003. "Sierra Leone: The State of
Security and Governance." Africa Report, No. 67.
Relief Web
Reuters Foundation
Save the Children (International)
Search for Common Ground
Sierra Herald
Sierra Leone Web
Standard Times
United Nations High Commissioner for
Refugees (UNHCR)
United Nations (UN) Security Council. 5
September 2003. "Nineteenth Report of the Secretary-General on the
United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone." (S/2003/863)
U.S. Committee for Refugees (USCR)
U.S. Department of State
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Update to SLE34681.E of 12 June 2000 and SLE40923.E of 27 January 2003 regarding the government's treatment of forcibly recruited members of the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) (February - November 2003) [SLE42222.E] (Anfragebeantwortung, Französisch)