Dokument #1311903
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Autor)
Please find attached two 1997 Inter Press
Service reports that refer to land conflicts involving indigenous
groups and military officers, among others. For recent background
information on land conflicts involving indigenous groups in
Honduras, please consult the attached article from Central
America Report.
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. Please find below the list of
additional sources consulted in researching this Information
Request.
Attachments
Central America Report
[Guatemala City]. 8 May 1997. "Indigenous Groups Speak Out," pp.
4-5.
Inter Press Service (IPS). 9 April 1997.
"Indigenous Peoples Announce Hunger Strike for Land." (Central
America NewsPak [Austin, Tex.] 31 Mar.-13 Apr. 1997, Vol. 12,
No. 5, p. 9)
_____. 11 January 1997. Thelma Mejia.
"Death Pursues the Tawanka People." (Central America
NewsPak [Austin, Tex.] 5-19 Jan. 1997, Vol. 11, No. 25, pp.
7-8)
Additional Sources Consulted
Latinamerica Press [Lima].
Weekly.
Latin America Regional Reports:
Central America & the Caribbean [London]. Monthly.
Keesing's Record of World
Events [Cambridge]. Yearly.
News From Human Rights Watch
[New York]. Monthly.
Material from the Indexed Media
Review (IMR) or country files containing articles and reports
from diverse sources (primarily dailies and periodicals) from the
Weekly Media Review.
On-line search of commercial
databases.
Internet, Global NewsBank, Nexis, IRB,
USINS and UNHCR databases.
Note:
This list is not exhaustive. Subject-
and country-specific books available in the Resource Centre are not
included.