Dokument #1345242
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Autor)
The attached pages from the April and May
1987 issues of Keesing's Record of World Events provide information
on an alleged coup attempt and the subsequent arrest of an
Assistant Police Superintendent (Joseph Kai-Kai) and several army
officers.
According to Amnesty International Report
1987, which is available in Regional Documentation Centres, "about
50 people were arrested in March [1987] in connection with a
conspiracy to overthrow the government" (1988, 68).
The attached page from the May 1988 issue
Keesing's Record of World Events provides information on the trial
of 18 people, including Gabriel Kaikai, a former assistant director
of police, on treason charges related to the alleged March 1987
coup attempt (35886). Sixteen people, including Gabriel Kaikai,
were sentenced to death (ibid.).
The attached page of October 1989 Keesing's
Record of World Events provides information on the execution of six
men, including Gabriel Kaikai, a former assistant director of
police, for their alleged involvement in a 1987 abortive coup
attempt (36967).
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.
References
Amnesty International. 1988. Amnesty
International Report 1988. New York: Amnesty International USA.
Keesing's Record of World Events
[Cambridge]. October 1989. Vol. 35, No. 10. "Sierra Leone:
Execution of Coup Plotters."
_____. May 1988. Vol. 34, No. 5. "Sierra
Leone: Treason Trial."
_____. April 1987. Vol. 33, No. 4. "The
Silver Sea Affair - March 1987 Attempted Coup."
_____. May 1987. Vol. 33, No. 5. "Major
World Events - April 1987: 3rd Sierra Leone."
Attachments
Keesing's Record of World Events
[Cambridge]. October 1989. Vol. 35, No. 10. " Sierra Leone:
Execution of Coup Plotters," p. 36967-36968.
_____. May 1988. Vol. 34, No. 5. "Sierra
Leone: Treason Trial," p. 35886.
_____. April 1987. Vol. 33, No. 4. "The
Silver Sea Affair - March 1987 Attempted Coup," p. 35045.
_____. May 1987. Vol. 33, No. 5. "Major
World Events - April 1987: 3rd Sierra Leone," p. 35104.