Dokument #1339764
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Autor)
Information since 1989 on the "DOABA
Cultural Society" (or DOABA Sabhacharak Manch) 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 Report.
Yearly. 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995.
Area Handbook for India.
1974.
Critique: Review of the Department
of State's Country Reports on Human Rights Practices. Yearly.
July 1991, July 1992, July 1993, July 1995, July 1996.
DIRB. Indexed Media Review
[Ottawa]. Weekly. December 1991-July 1992, July 1994- July
1995.
Foreign Broadcast Information
Service (FBIS) Daily Reports. (WWW)
Human Rights Internet Reporter: A
Listing of Organizations Concerned with Human Rights and Social
Justice Worldwide. 1994.
Human Rights Watch World
Report. Yearly. 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995.
India: A Travel Survival Kit.
June 1990.
Political Handbook of the World
1997. 1997.
Political Parties of Asia and the
Pacific. 1985.
Revolutionary and Dissident
Movements of the World: An International Guide. 1991.
World Encyclopedia of Political
Systems and Parties. 1987.
The World of Learning 1997.
1997.
Yearbook on International Communist
Affairs 1989. 1989.
Electronic sources: Internet, IRB
Databases, LEXIS/NEXIS, World News Connection (WNC).
Information on reported cases of Punjab
police kidnapping or extorting money from wealthy Sikhs
particularly those with political connections to the Akali Dahl
Party is currently unavailable to the DIRB.
According to Country Reports on Human
Rights Practices for 1993, Punjabi police continue to engage
in extrajudicial killings of Sikh militants and their supporters
(1994, 1340). The militants (the sources do not mention whether
they are members of the Akali Dahl Party) reportedly engage in
"kidnappings of prominent businessmen and politicians to seek the
release of detained militants, sow terror, and extort funds"
(1346).
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.
Reference
Country Reports on Human Rights
Practices 1993. 1994. United States Department of State.
Washington, DC: United States Government Printing Office.