Document #1115473
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Author)
Information on the above-mentioned subject
could not be found among the sources consulted by the DIRB.
However, for general information on the human rights situation of
Amharas, please refer to the attachments, and to Responses to
Information Requests ETH17356.E of 10 May 1994, ETH16342.E of 14
March 1994, ETH16001.E of 22 December 1993 and ETH14712 of 23 July
1993. These documents are currently available at Regional
Documentation Centres. Also, for general information on the current
government's treatment of former military and civilian officials of
the Mengistu regime, please refer to appropriate pages of the
Human Rights Watch Africa report entitled "Ethiopia:
Reckoning Under the Law," dated December 1994. This document is
also available at Regional Documentation Centres. In addition,
please refer to pages two, ten to fourteen of the Human Rights
Watch Africa report on Ethiopia entitled "Ethiopia: Waiting for
Justice" and dated 8 May 1992. This document is also available at
Regional Documentation Centres.
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 attached the list of
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