For information on the above-mentioned subjects, please refer to Response to Information Request TCD19770.F of 13 February 1995, pages 93 and 94 of Amnesty International Report 1994, which is available at Regional Documentation Centres, as well as to the attachments.

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.

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_____. 1-31 August 1993. Vol. 30, No. 8. "Chad: Curfew After Clashes," p. 11117.

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_____. 5 August 1993. "Armjed Men Kill 64, Injure 88 in Ouaddai Attack." (FBIS-AFR-93-150 6 Aug. 1993, p. 1)

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_____. 10 August 1993. "Curfew Imposed in Chad." (NEXIS)

West Africa [London]. 16-22 August 1993. "Chad: Dusk to Dawn Curfew," p. 1460.

_____. 30 August-5 September 1993. No. 3962. "Chad: Koti Returns," p. 1548.