Dokument #1190492
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Autor)
According to West Africa, in its
issue of 8-14 March 1993, the Joint Action Committee (JAC) which is
made up of six political organizations, including the New Patriotic
Party (NPP), condemned the arrest of six people who took part in a
march organized by the group on 16 February 1993 (387). The police
charged the six with participating in "an illegal demonstration and
failing to disperse" (ibid.).
The organizers of the march claimed they
did not seek a police permit because previous requests for permits
were turned down by the police (ibid.). In its issue of 22-28 March
1993, West Africa states that the marches were anti-budget
demonstrations, which took place in Accra and were violently broken
up by the police (476). For other developments involving the NPP's
attempts to hold demonstrations around the period in question,
please refer to the other attached issues of West Africa
dated 22-28 February 1993 and 25-31 January 1993. None of the
sources consulted mentions disappearances connected with the
event.
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.
West Africa [London]. 22-28
March 1993. "Dateline Ghana: Demo Trial Adjourned."
. 8-14 March 1993. "Dateline Ghana: JAC
Condemns Arrests."
West Africa [London]. 22-28 March
1993. "Dateline Ghana: Demo Trial Adjourned," p. 476.
. 15-21 March 1993. "Dateline Ghana:
Political Violence," p. 430.
. 8-14 March 1993. "Dateline Ghana: JAC
Condemns Arrests," pp. 387-388.
. 22-28 February 1993. "Dateline Ghana:
Mrs. Rawlings Prevails," p. 300.
. 25-31 January 1993," Dateline Ghana:
Adu-Buahene, Pratt Trial," pp. 115-116.