Document #1044055
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Author)
For updated information on the
above-mentioned subject, please consult the second page of The
Houston Chronicle attachment, and the other attachments.
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.
Agence France Presse (AFP). 18 May
1995. "Par la montée du racisme." (NEXIS)
_____. 16 May 1995. "Le gouvernement
tchèque annonce une 'répression énergique' du
racisme." (NEXIS)
_____. 29 October 1993. "Eastern
European Gypsies: Jobless, Poor, Harassed." (NEXIS)
BBC Summary of World Broadcasts. 13
December 1993. "Human Rights Organization Criticizes Czech Attitude
to Romanies." (NEXIS)
CTK National News Wire [Prague]. 9
February 1995. "Czech Government Drafts Reply to U.S. Human Rights
Report." (NEXIS)
_____. 27 January 1994. "Police Say
Romany Complaints About Persecution Are Untrue." (NEXIS)
_____. 3 December 1993. "Roms Often
Victims of Extremist Group Violence-Ministry Report." (NEXIS)
Human Rights Watch (HRW). 1994. Human
Rights Watch World Report 1995. New York: Human Rights Watch,
pp. 203-205.
La Lettre Hebdomadaire de la FIDH
[Paris]. October 6 1994. No. 558/559. "Republique Tchèque:
La communauté rom exclue de la citoyenneté. Un
rapport de la tolerance foundation. Résumé, pp.
3-4.
Open Media Research Institute (OMRI). 29
March 1995. Transition [Prague]. Vol. 1, No. 4. Zoltan
Barany. "Grim Realities in Eastern Europe," pp. 3-6.
Prague Post [Prague, in English].
30 May 1995. "Government Cracks Down on Racial Violence."
(FBIS-EEU-95-115 15 June 1995, pp. 2-3)
Reuters. 2 February 1995. BC Cycle.
"Czech Premier Attacks U.S. Human Rights Report." (NEXIS)
_____. 23 September 1994. BC Cycle.
"Gypsy Seminar Asks Czechs to Alter Citizenship Law." (NEXIS)
_____. 9 March 1993. BC Cycle. "CSCE
Team Investigates Minority Problems in Czech Republic." (NEXIS)
_____. 19 January 1993. BC Cycle. Bernd
Debusmann. "Czech Republic Fears Anti-Gypsy Violence." (NEXIS)
The Houston Chronicle. 17 May
1995. "World Briefs." (NEXIS)
The Independent [London]. 7 April
1993. Adrian Ridge. "Gypsy Slur at Czech Beauty Contest."
(NEXIS)
The Plain Dealer [n.p.]. 2 May
1995. Elizabeth Sullivan. "Skinheads Strike at Easy Victims
Throughout the Czech Nation, Violence on the Rise, Especially
Against Gypsies." (NEXIS)
St. Petersburg Times. 25 April
1993. Erin Kelly. "Czechs Launch Drive to Deport Gypsies."
(NEXIS)