Dokument #1109402
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Autor)
Information on the mistreatment of members
of the Christian Democratic National Peasants' Party (Partidal
National Taranese-Crestin si Democrat) (PNTCD) could not be found
among the sources consulted by the DIRB.
Please consult the attached documents for
general information on the PNTCD and the upcoming elections, as
well as various political commentaries on and by the PNTCD and on
the activities of the party from 1995 to the present.
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
Adevarul [Bucharest, in Romanian]. 5
December 1995. Oana Iurascu. "PNTCD Head Views Dissensions Within
CDR." (FBIS-EEU-95-241 15 Dec. 1995, pp. 35-36)
_____. 29 November 1995. "PDSR VP: PNTCD
Members Support Iron Guard." (FBIS-EEU-95-233 5 December 1995, pp.
51-52)
Azi [Bucharest, in Romanian]. 5 January
1996. Ruyandra Tandrafoiu. "Romania: Opposition Wins Cluj
Preference Poll." (FBIS-EEU-96-019 29 Jan. 1996, p. 50)
_____. 15 September 1995. Andrei Costa.
"PNTCD Politician Criticizes Government." (FBIS-EEU-95-183 21 Sept.
1995, pp. 49-50)
Cotidianul [Bucharest, in Romanian]. 5
December 1995. Lucian Gheorghiu. "Differences Between CDR Leaders
Viewed." (FBIS-EEU-95-241 15 December 1995, p. 36)
The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU)
ViewsWire. 8 February 1996. "Romania Politics: Iliescu Shoo-In in
'96 Presidential Poll." (NEXIS)
The Europa World Yearbook 1995. 1995.
36th ed. Volume 2. London: Europa Publications, p. 2552.
Foreign Broadcast Information Service
(FBIS) Reports. 31 October 1995. "Editorial Report: PNTCD Head to
Back PDSR Minority Cabinet." (FBIS-EEU-95-210 31 October 1995, p.
63)
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Resource Information Center. 14 February 1995. "Romania: Peasant
Christian Democratic Party." (UNHCR RefWorld database: Country and
Region Information/ Responses to Information Requests (REFINFO)/
Romania/ INS\RIC/ ROM00001.INS)
Keesing's Record of World Events
[Cambridge]. January 1996. Vol. 42, No. 1. "Romania: Party
Affairs," p. 40913.
_____. November 1995. Vol. 41, No. 11.
"Romania: Death of Coposu," p. 40836.
Political Handbook of the World:
1994-1995. 1995. Edited by Arthur E. Banks. Binghamton, NY: CSA
Publications, p. 724.
Radio Romania Network [Bucharest, in
Romanian]. 5 December 1995 "CDR President to Join PNTCD, Run for
Senate." (FBIS-EEU-95-233 5 Dec. 1995, p. 51)
_____. 6 March 1995. "PNTCD Thinks
Government Needs to be Replaced." (FBIS-EEU-95-044 7 Mar. 1995, pp.
32-33)
_____. 23 January 1995. "PNTCD on
Forming Opposition Coalition, UDMR." (FBIS-EEU-95-014 23 Jan. 1995,
p. 38)
Reuters. 16 February 1996. BC Cycle.
"Romania Adopts New Law on Political Parties." (NEXIS)
_____. 15 February 1996. BC Cycle.
"Romania Will Have Local Elections in May, Official Says."
(NEXIS)
_____. 19 January 1996. BC Cycle.
"Romanian Opposition Party Chooses New Leader." (NEXIS)
Romania Libera [Bucharest, in Romanian].
18 January 1996. "Romania: CDR President Views PNTCD's Prospects."
(FBIS-EEU-96-16 24 Jan. 1996, pp. 66-68)
Romanian Radio [Bucharest, in Romanian].
31 March 1995. "Media Affairs; Opposition Holds Solidarity Rally
for TV Striker." (BBC Summary 3 Apr. 1995/NEXIS).
United Press International (UPI). 31
October 1995. BC Cycle. "Romanian Opposition Leader Hospitalized."
(NEXIS)
Amnesty International Report. Yearly.
1995.
DIRB "Amnesty International" Romania
Country File. Mar. 1994-Apr. 1996.
_____. Romania Country File. Mar.
1994-Apr. 1996.
_____. Indexed Media Review. Weekly.
Jan. 1995-April 1996/
Freedom in the World: The Annual Survey
of Political Rights and Civil Liberties 1994-1995. 1995
Human Rights Watch World Report. Yearly.
1995, 1996.
Profiles in Asylum Claims and Country
Conditions. US Dept. of State. 1994.
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