Document #1107116
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Author)
The situation of Ahmadis reportedly did not
change since Benazir Bhutto came to power. [ Anthony Hyman, "No
Great Change in Human Rights", Index on Censorship, October
1989, p.24-26.] Faced with the rise of fundamentalism, the new
Pakistani retained Ordinance XX, the repeal of which would be a
very unpopular measure. [ M. Rahman, "Pakistan: Miffed Minorities",
India Today, 31 March 1989, p.160.] During 1989, arrests of
Ahmadis were frequent and the public celebration of the 100th
anniversary of the sect was prohibited by the government. [ U.S.
Department of State, Country Reports on Human Rights Practices
for 1989, (Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1990),
p.1534; this publication is available at your Regional
Documentation Centre.] The police, moreover, initiated a suit
against the entire population (almost entirely Ahmadi) of Rabwah in
December 1989 for violating Ordinance XX [ Ibid.].