Reports on the above-mentioned topic could not 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

Amnesty International. 1995.

India: Punjab police beyond the bounds of the law.

_____. 1995. India: determining the fate of the "disappeared" in Punjab.

Asian Survey [Berkeley, Ca]. Monthly.

Asiaweek [Hong Kong]. Weekly.

Far Eastern Economic Review [Hong Kong]. Weekly.

India Abroad [Toronto]. Weekly. March and April 1998.

India Today [Delhi]. Weekly. January-June 1998.

News From Asia Watch [New York]. Monthly.

Resource Centre. International/Indexed Media Review [Ottawa]. Weekly. January 1997-present.

_____. "India" country file. September 1997-present.

Electronic sources: Internet, IRB Databases, LEXIS/NEXIS.

World Sikh Organization (WSO), Ottawa, Ontario. 1997. Information package on Punjab.