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IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Autor)
No information on whether Kashmiri and Sikh militants work together nor whether Lehal, Punjab, is known as a militant village could be found among the sources consulted by the Research Directorate. Please consult IND34468.EX of 12 June 2000 for further information on the extent of militant activity in Punjab.
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
Asia Watch, various reports on Punjab
and Kashmir
Fighting for Faith and Nation:
Dialogues with Sikh Militants. 1996. Cynthia Keppley
Mahmood
Human Rights in Kashmir. 1996.
International Commission of Jurists.
Information Package on Punjab.
1997. World Sikh Organization.
IRB Databases
LEXIS/NEXIS
Patterns of Global Terrorism.
1995 - 1999
The Sikhs of the Punjab. 1995.
Joyce Pettigrew.
Transcript of a Presentation on the
Sikhs. 1995. Cynthia Mahmood.
World News Connection (WNC)
Internet Sites including:
Amnesty International
BBC News
Council of Khalistan
Deccan Herald [Bangalore]
The Hindu
Human Rights Watch, Arms and Abuses
in Indian Punjab and Kashmir, September 1994
Immigration and Nationality Directorate [UK],
Country Assessment: India
INCORE guide to Internet sources on
conflict and ethnicity in Kashmir
Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies
[New Delhi]
Kashmirforum
Minorities at Risk. 1999. "Sikhs in
India."
South Asian Human Rights Documentation
Centre [New Delhi]
Search engines including:
Dogpile
Google
Metacrawler
Non-Documentary sources:
Unsuccessful attempts to obtain
information from 4 non-documentary sources