Document #1083215

IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Author)

Information on any reported cases of ill-treatment of individuals for possessing copies of The Satanic Verses [IRN15849.E]

Sources currently available to the DIRB do not provide information on the above subject.

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.

Sources Consulted

Amnesty International. 1993. Amnesty International Report 1993. New York: Amnesty International USA. 1993.

. 1992. Amnesty International Report 1992. New York: Amnesty International USA.

. 1991. Amnesty International Report 1991. New York: Amnesty International USA.

. 1990. Amnesty International Report 1990. New York: Amnesty International USA.

. 1989. Amnesty International Report 1989. New York: Amnesty International USA.

Amnesty International country file (Iran).

DIRB Indexed Media Review [Ottawa], 1991-93.

Keesing's Record of World Events [Cambridge]. 1989-93.

ecoi.net description:
Information on any reported cases of ill-treatment of individuals for possessing copies of The Satanic Verses [IRN15849.E]
Country:
Iran
Source:
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Author)
Document type:
Response
Language:
English
Published:
29 December 1993
Document ID:
1083215 (former ID 181972)

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