Information on the treatment of persons in mixed marriages (particularly Muslims married to Christian Serbs) in Serb-controlled towns (particularly Modrica and Botajica), and the protection available, 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.

Amnesty International Report. 1997.

Electronic sources: IRB databases, Internet, NEXIS/LEXIS, REFWORLD, WNC.

Human Rights Watch World Report. 1997, 1998.

Minorities Right Group International Report [London]. January 1996 - January 1998.

Nationalities Papers [Abingdon, Oxfordshire, UK]. December 1996 - Fall 1997.

News from Helsinki Watch [New York]. August 1996 - August 1997.

Transition [Prague]. January 1996 - present.

Uncaptive Minds [Washington]. Winter 1996 - Fall 1997.
Unsuccessful attempts to contact oral sources.