Information on the above-mentioned topic could not be found among the sources consulted by the DIRB.

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 below the list of sources consulted in researching this Information Request.

Sources Consulted

Abortion Policies: A Global Review. 1992.

Amnesty International Report. 1995-1996.

Amnesty International. July 1996. Women in China: Detained, Victimised but Mobilized.

_____. June 1995. Women in China: Imprisoned and Abused for Dissent.

The China Journal [Canberra, Australia]. 1996.

China Rights Forum [New York]. 1994-1996.

Country Reports on Human Rights Practices. 1995-1006.

Encyclopedia of Women's Associations Worldwide. 1993.

Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Daily Reports. 1995-1997.
Human Rights in China. August 1995.

Caught Between Tradition and the State: Violations of the Human Rights of Chinese Women.

The Human Rights Watch Global Report on Women's Human Rights. 1995.

Human Rights Watch World Report. 1996-1997.

Mosher, Steven. 1993. A Mother's Ordeal: One Woman's Fight against China's One-Child Policy.

News from Asia Watch [New York]. 1995-1996.

Women's Movements in the World. 1990.

Two sources consulted did not provide information on the requested subject.

On-line search of news articles (NEXIS and Internet).