Dokument #1060314
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Autor)
No information on the penalties imposed by the authorities on persons who record and sell opposition audio casettes including songs by individuals who are "unhappy" with the régime could be found among the sources consulted by the Research Directorate.
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 sources consulted in researching this Information Request.
Sources Consulted
Arabies [Paris] 1998-2000
Arab Studies Quarterly
1998-1999
Journal of South Asian and Middle
Eastern Studies 1998-2000
Jane's Intelligence Review
[London]: 1998-2000
LEXIS-NEXIS
MERIP Report 1998-2000
Monde Arabe Maghreb-Machrek
1998-2000
Internet sites including:
Middle East News Internet Press
Directory
The Washington Report on the Middle
East http://www.washington-report.org/html/backissues.html
World News Connection (WNC)
Le Monde Diplomatique http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/index/pays/yemen
Syria Times [Damascus]. http://www.teshreen.com/syriatimes/
Americans for Free Lebanon: Virtual
Library Human Rights Report. http://www.aflnet.com/hrreports/hr950225.html
Search engines including:
Google
Metacrawler