Dokument #1115861
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Autor)
The attached 29 May 1992 Agence France
Presse (AFP) article refers to the shelling of Dubrovnik by the
Yugoslav army artillery and navy.
The attached 29 May 1992 Reuters report
refers to the involvement of Yugoslav army-backed Serb irregulars
in those bombings, and to street battles between Serbs, Muslims and
Croatians in Dubrovnik.
The attached 14 December 1991 Inter Press
Service (IPS) article provides some background on the Serb siege of
Dubrovnik that began in October 1991.
The attached 7 December 1991 AFP article
reports on the 6 December 1991 Yugoslav army artillery bombardment
of Dubrovnik.
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.
Attachments
Agence France Presse (AFP). 29 May 1992.
"Four Injured in Heaviest Bombardment of Dubrovnik in Six Months."
(NEXIS)
_____. 7 December 1991. "Dubrovnik
Sustains Heavy Damage, Vance 'Furious'." (NEXIS)
Inter Press Service (IPS). 14 December
1991. Vesna Peric Zimonjic. "Yugoslavia: Why Dubrovnik?"
(NEXIS)
Reuters. 29 May 1992. BC Cycle. Mark
Heinrich. "Serbs Bombard Key Cities as U.N. Sanctions Loom."
(NEXIS)